A novel gene, phcA from Pseudomonas syringae induces programmed cell death in the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 672-689

  Wichmann, Gale ^a,c   Sun, Jianping ^c   Dementhon, Karine ^b,c   Glass, N Louise ^c   Lindow, Steven E ^c  

^a Amyris Biotechnologies Inc   (United States)

^b University Victor Segalen   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HAPLOTYPE; HET C GENE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIENT; PATHOTYPE; PHCA GENE; PIN C GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

EID: 41749083492     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06175.x     Document Type: Article

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