Involvement of the osmosensor histidine kinase and osmotic stress-activated protein kinases in the regulation of secondary metabolism in Fusarium graminearum

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 363, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 639-644

  Ochiai, Noriyuki ^a   Tokai, Takeshi ^a   Nishiuchi, Takumi ^b   Takahashi Ando, Naoko ^a   Fujimura, Makoto ^c   Kimura, Makoto ^a  

^a Discovery Research Institute   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fungal secondary metabolism; Mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascades; Osmotic stress signal transduction pathway; Plant pathogen; Red pigment aurofusarin; Trichothecene biosynthetic and regulatory (Tri) genes; Two component histidine kinase

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE KINASE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRICHOTHECENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM; GENE CONTROL; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOSIS; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; MAP KINASE KINASE KINASES; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASES; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; MYCOTOXINS; NAPHTHOQUINONES; OSMOSIS; PROTEIN KINASES; TIME FACTORS; TRICHOTHECENES;

GIBBERELLA ZEAE;

EID: 34848905085     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.09.027     Document Type: Article

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