A CDC42 homologue in Claviceps purpurea is involved in vegetative differentiation and is essential for pathogenicity

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1228-1238

  Scheffer, Jan ^a   Chen, Changbin ^b   Heidrich, Patrick ^a   Dickman, Martin B ^b   Tudzynski, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN CDC42;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLAVICEPS; COLLETOTRICHUM; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CLAVICEPS; COLLETOTRICHUM; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRULENCE;

CLAVICEPS PURPUREA; COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM TRIFOLII; FUNGI;

EID: 22444442681     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.4.7.1228-1238.2005     Document Type: Article

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