Glucosylceramide synthase is essential for alfalfa defensin-mediated growth inhibition but not for pathogenicity of Fusarium graminearum

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 771-786

  Ramamoorthy, Vellaisamy ^a   Cahoon, Edgar B ^a   Li, Jia ^a   Thokala, Mercy ^a   Minto, Robert E ^b   Shah, Dilip M ^a  

^a DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; DEFENSIN; SPHINGOLIPID;

ALFALFA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CONIDIUM; CORN; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENZYME DEGRADATION; FLORA; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MUTANT; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NULL ALLELE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOMATO; WHEAT; WILD TYPE;

DEFENSINS; FUSARIUM; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDES; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MUTATION; TRITICUM; VIRULENCE; ZEA MAYS;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 35448933741     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05955.x     Document Type: Article

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