Pathogenic fungus harbours endosymbiotic bacteria for toxin production

Nature

Volumn 437, Issue 7060, 2005, Pages 884-888

  Partida Martinez, Laila P ^a   Hertweck, Christian ^a  

^a HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CROPS; DISEASES; FUNGI; TISSUE; TUMORS;

CANCER CELL LINES; ENDOSYMBIOTIC; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; SEEDLING ROOTS;

BACTERIA;

RHIZOXIN;

BACTERIUM; ENDOSYMBIONT; FUNGUS; RICE;

ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA; COCULTURE; ENDOCYTOBIOSIS; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOPUS; SYMBIONT; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; DISEASES; FUNGI; PLANT TISSUES; RICE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; RHIZOPUS;

EID: 27144465524     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03997     Document Type: Article

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