Cloning and characterization of Fpmtr1, an amino acid transporter gene of Fusarium proliferatum (Gibberella intermedia)

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-24

  Jeney, Apor ^a   Béki, Emese ^a   Keszthelyi, Anita ^a   Leslie, John F ^b   Hornok, László ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid transporter; Expression; Fusarium

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM PROLIFERATUM; GIBBERELLA; GIBBERELLA INTERMEDIA; ZEA MAYS;

4 FLUOROPHENYLALANINE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CROSSING OVER; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGAL GENE; FUSARIUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION; TIME;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUSARIUM; GENES, FUNGAL; MUTATION; P-FLUOROPHENYLALANINE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34249931987     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.200610197     Document Type: Article

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