pH and Pac1 control development and antifungal activity in Trichoderma harzianum

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1355-1367

  Moreno Mateos, Miguel A ^b   Delgado Jarana, Jesús ^a   Codón, Antonio C ^b   Benítez, Tahía ^b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acidification; Ammonium utilization; Pac1 mutants; pH signalling; Phytopathogenic fungal antagonism

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; CHITINASE; PERMEASE; PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAC1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; ALLELE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; MUTANT; MYCOPARASITISM; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SPOROGENESIS; TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM; WILD TYPE;

FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MUTATION; RNA, FUNGAL; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRICHODERMA;

FUNGI; HYPOCREA LIXII;

EID: 35748977611     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2007.07.012     Document Type: Article

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