Type 2A phosphoprotein phosphatase is required for asexual development and pathogenesis of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 944-954

  Erental, A ^a   Harel, A ^a   Yarden, O ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANTHARIDIN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE;

ASCOMYCOTA; CANTHARIDIN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HYPHAE; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; NADPH OXIDASE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASES; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; VIRULENCE;

FUNGI; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM;

EID: 34547114489     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-20-8-0944     Document Type: Article

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