Anastomosis is required for virulence of the fungal necrotroph Alternaria brassicicola

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 675-683

  Craven, Kelly D ^a,d   Vélëz, Heriberto ^a   Cho, Yangrae ^b   Lawrence, Christopher B ^b   Mitchell, Thomas K ^a,c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA BRASSICICOLA; ALTERNARIA JAPONICA; ALTERNARIA MIMICULA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; FUNGI;

FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; BRASSICA; CYTOLOGY; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; VIRULENCE;

ALTERNARIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BRASSICA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYPHAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT DISEASES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 42249097569     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00423-07     Document Type: Article

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