RAS2 regulates growth and pathogenesis in Fusarium graminearum

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 627-636

  Bluhm, Burton H ^a   Zhao, X ^b   Flaherty, J E ^c   Xu, J R ^b   Dunkle, L D ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Science and Mathematics   (United States)

Author keywords

Gibberella zeae; Head blight

Indexed keywords

GIBBERELLA; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; HORDEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

CYCLIC AMP; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BARLEY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; FUSARIUM; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CYCLIC AMP; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUSARIUM; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; HORDEUM; HYPHAE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTANT PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; RAS PROTEINS; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, FUNGAL; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34250744320     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-20-6-0627     Document Type: Article

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