cAMP signalling is involved in growth, germination, mycoparasitism and secondary metabolism in Trichoderma virens

Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1734-1742

  Mukherjee, Mala ^a   Mukherjee, Prasun K ^a   Kale, Sharad P ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CYCLIC AMP; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN TAC1; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; MYCOPARASITISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA VIRENS;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ANTIBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COLLETOTRICHUM; CYCLIC AMP; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PYTHIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRICHODERMA;

ATHELIA ROLFSII; COLLETOTRICHUM LAGENARIUM; FUNGI; HYPOCREA VIRENS; PYTHIUM; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 34250785613     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/005702-0     Document Type: Article

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