Patterns of expression of a lolitrem biosynthetic gene in the Epichloë festucae-perennial ryegrass symbiosis

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 188-197

  May, Kimberley J ^a   Bryant, Michelle K ^a   Zhang, Xiuwen ^a   Ambrose, Barbara ^a   Scott, Barry ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Epichlo festucae; Perennial ryegrass; Secondary metabolites

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; LOLITREM B; MYCOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GERMINATION; LOLIUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PROMOTER REGION; SEEDLING; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

ASCOMYCOTA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GERMINATION; GLUCURONIDASE; HYPHAE; LOLIUM; MYCOTOXINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEEDLING; SEEDS; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EPICHLOE FESTUCAE; FUNGI; LOLIUM PERENNE; POACEAE;

EID: 38349170351     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-21-2-0188     Document Type: Article

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