Genetic dissection defines the roles of elsinochrome phytotoxin for fungal pathogenesis and conidiation of the citrus pathogen Elsinoë fawcettii

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 469-479

  Liao, Hui Ling ^a   Chung, Kuang Ren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Perylenequinone; Photosensitizers; Split marker; Targeted gene disruption

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; ELSINOCHROME A; PERYLENE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CITRUS FRUIT; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ASCOMYCOTA; CITRUS; MODELS, GENETIC; PERYLENE; QUINONES; SPORES, FUNGAL; VIRULENCE;

CITRUS; CITRUS JAMBHIRI; CITRUS LIMON; ELSINOE; ELSINOE FAWCETTII;

EID: 42049104351     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-21-4-0469     Document Type: Article

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