Protein kinase a subunits of the ascomycete pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola regulate asexual fructification, filamentation, melanization and osmosensing

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 565-577

  Mehrabi, Rahim ^a,b   Kema, Gert H J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SEED AND PLANT IMPROVEMENT INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; MYCOSPHAERELLA GRAMINICOLA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 33750212360     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2006.00361.x     Document Type: Article

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