The Alternaria alternata melanin biosynthesis gene restores appressorial melanization and penetration of cellulose membranes in the melanin-deficient albino mutant of Colletotrichum lagenarium

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 131-140

  Takano, Yoshitaka ^a   Kubo, Yasuyuki ^b   Kawamura, Chie ^c   Tsuge, Takashi ^c   Furusawa, Iwao ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternaria alternata; CAL; Collectotrichum lagenarium; Melanin; Melanin biosynthesis gene

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; MELANIN; POLYKETIDE; SYNTHETASE;

ALBINISM; ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GERMINATION; MELANOGENESIS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT CELL; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ALTERNATA ALTERNATA; COLLECTOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM LAGENARIUM; CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 17044460216     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fgbi.1997.0963     Document Type: Article

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