Calcineurin is required for sclerotial development and pathogenicity of Sclerotinia Sclerotiorum in an oxalic acid-independent manner

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 682-693

  Harel, A ^a   Bercovich, S ^a   Yarden, O ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; BETA GLUCAN; BETA-1,3-GLUCAN; CALCINEURIN; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; CYCLOSPORIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; OXALIC ACID; TACROLIMUS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TOMATO; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ASCOMYCOTA; BETA-GLUCANS; CALCINEURIN; CELL WALL; CYCLOSPORINE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXALIC ACID; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, MESSENGER; TACROLIMUS;

ARABIDOPSIS; FUNGI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM; SCLEROTIUM (ASCOMYCOTA);

EID: 33646878069     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-19-0682     Document Type: Article

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