G protein signaling mediates developmental processes and pathogenesis of Alternaria alternata

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1280-1288

  Yamagishi, Daisuke ^a   Otani, Hiroshi ^a   Kodama, Motoichiro ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternaria blotch of apple; AMT; General pathogenesis; Host specific toxin

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; MYCOTOXIN;

ALTERNARIA; APPLE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE;

ALTERNARIA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYCLIC AMP; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS; MALUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOTOXINS; PHENOTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, FUNGAL; VIRULENCE;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; LONCHOCARPUS CAPASSA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33750212218     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-19-1280     Document Type: Article

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