Production of cercosporin toxin by the phytopathogenic Cercospora fungi is affected by diverse environmental signals

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 259-269

  You, Bang Jau ^a,b   Lee, Miin Hui ^c   Chung, Kuang Ren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Light regulation; Metal ions; Secondary metabolites

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNALS; SECONDARY METABOLITES;

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; METABOLITES; METAL IONS; PH EFFECTS;

FUNGI;

AGAR; AMMONIA; BUFFER; CARBON; CERCOSPORIN; COBALT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FERRIC ION; GLUCOSE; MANGANESE; METAL ION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; PLANT TOXIN; POLYKETIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRACE ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

FUNGUS; GENETICS; ION; PATHOGEN; SECONDARY METABOLITE; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; CERCOSPORA NICOTIANAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASCOMYCOTA; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; LIGHT; METALS, HEAVY; PERYLENE; PLANT DISEASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CERCOSPORA; CERCOSPORA NICOTIANAE; FUNGI; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 42149141746     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W08-002     Document Type: Article

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