Characterization of necrosis and ethylene-inducing proteins (NEP) in the basidiomycete Moniliophthora perniciosa, the causal agent of witches' broom in Theobroma cacao

Mycological Research

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 443-455

  Garcia, Odalys ^a   Macedo, Joci A N ^b   Tibúrcio, Ricardo ^a   Zaparoli, Gustavo ^a   Rincones, Johana ^a   Bittencourt, Livia M C ^b   Ceita, Geruza O ^b   Micheli, Fabienne ^b   Gesteira, Abelmon ^b   Mariano, Andréa C ^b   Schiavinato, Marlene A ^a   Medrano, Francisco J ^a   Meinhardt, Lyndel W ^c   Pereira, Gonçalo A G ^a   Cascardo, Júlio C M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basidiomycota; Cacao; Plant pathology; WBD

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ETHYLENE; EVERGREEN TREE; FUNGAL DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN; TOBACCO;

AGARICALES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; BIOSYNTHESIS; CACAO; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCELIUM; NECROSIS; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIROLOGY;

AGARICALES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CACAO; ETHYLENES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCELIUM; NECROSIS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; MONILIOPHTHORA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 34249314029     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: 14698102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2007.01.017     Document Type: Article

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