A hydrophobin of the chestnut blight fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica, is required for stromal pustule eruption

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 931-936

  Kazmierczak, Pam ^a   Dae, Hyuk Kim ^b   Turina, Massimo ^c   Van Alfen, Neal K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^c INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE PLANT PROTECTION   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRP PROTEIN, CRYPHONECTRIA PARASITICA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HYDROPHOBIN PROTEIN, FUNGAL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BARK; FRUITING BODY; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE;

ASCOMYCOTA; FRUITING BODIES, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT BARK; PLANT DISEASES;

CRYPHONECTRIA PARASITICA; FUNGI; TEREBRANTIA;

EID: 18944393999     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.4.5.931-936.2005     Document Type: Article

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