The disruption of a Gα subunit sheds new light on the pathogenicity of Stagonospora nodorum on wheat

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 456-466

  Solomon, Peter S ^a   Tan, Kar Chun ^a   Sanchez, Pedro ^b   Cooper, Richard M ^b   Oliver, Richard P ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

G protein

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; PHAEOSPHAERIA NODORUM; STAGONOSPORA; STAGONOSPORA NODORUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

CHOLERA TOXIN; CYCLIC AMP; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; POLYGALACTURONASE; PROTEINASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; TRICYCLAZOLE;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WHEAT;

ASCOMYCOTA; CHOLERA TOXIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYCLIC AMP; DNA, FUNGAL; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE SILENCING; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; POLYGALACTURONASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THIAZOLES; TRITICUM;

EID: 1942472464     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.2004.17.5.456     Document Type: Article

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