Overexpression of a 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase in Leptosphaeria maculans causes reduced pathogenicity on Brassica napus

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 588-596

  Elliott, Candace E ^a   Howlett, Barbara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

oxidation; Aspergillus fumigatus; Glyoxylate pathway; Stagonospora nodorum

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A ACYLTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PEROXISOME; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; RAPESEED; REPORTER GENE;

ACETYL-COA C-ACYLTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; BRASSICA NAPUS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, REPORTER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PEROXISOMES; PLANT LEAVES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; FUNGI; LEPTOSPHAERIA MACULANS; PHAEOSPHAERIA NODORUM; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 33646887559     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-19-0588     Document Type: Article

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