Role of AREA, a regulator of nitrogen metabolism, during colonization of maize kernels and fumonisin biosynthesis in Fusarium verticillioides

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 947-953

  Kim, Hun ^a   Woloshuk, C P ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amylopectin; AREA; Fumonisin; Mycotoxin; Nitrogen metabolite repression; pH; Secondary metabolism

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACNOSE; ARTICLE; COLLETOTRICHUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE MUTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MAIZE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

FUMONISINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUSARIUM; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PLANT DISEASES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ZEA MAYS;

FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA MONILIFORMIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 43049167360     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2008.03.007     Document Type: Article

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