Characterization of the BLR1 gene encoding a putative blue-light regulator in the phytopathogenic fungus Bipolaris oryzae

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 266, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 110-118

  Kihara, Junichi ^a   Moriwaki, Akihiro ^a   Tanaka, Nozomi ^a   Ueno, Makoto ^a   Arase, Sakae ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bipolaris oryzae; Blue light regulator; Conidiation; Near UV radiation; Photolyase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIPOLARIS ORYZAE; BLR1 GENE; BLUE LIGHT; CONIDIUM; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL PLANT DISEASE; FUNGUS; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENETIC VECTORS; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BIPOLARIS ORYZAE; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 33845524222     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00514.x     Document Type: Article

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