Fow2, a Zn(II)2Cys6-type transcription regulator, controls plant infection of the vascular wilt fungus Fusarium oxysporum

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 737-753

  Imazaki, Iori ^a,b   Kurahashi, Makoto ^a,c   Iida, Yuichiro ^a   Tsuge, Takashi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^c SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; FUNGUS; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; GENE INSERTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MELON; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT ROOT; PLANT TISSUE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TOMATO; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VEGETATIVE GROWTH; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT ROOTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; ZINC FINGERS;

CUCUMIS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 33846234208     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05554.x     Document Type: Article

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