Deletion and Complementation of the Mating Type (MAT) Locus of the Wheat Head Blight Pathogen Gibberella zeae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 2437-2444

  Desjardins, A E ^a   Brown, D W ^a   Yun, S H ^b,c   Proctor, R H ^a   Lee, T ^b,d   Plattner, R D ^a   Lu, S W ^b   Turgeon, B G ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^d National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; CROPS; FUNGI; GENES;

ASCOMYCETE; EPIDEMICS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

MYCOTOXIN;

PATHOGEN;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; ASCOSPORE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GIBBERELLA; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; HYPOTHESIS; MATING TYPE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; WHEAT; WILD TYPE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GIBBERELLA; PLANT DISEASES; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRITICUM;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; GIBBERELLA; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 16544368689     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.4.2437-2444.2004     Document Type: Article

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