Dimorphism in fungal plant pathogens

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 284, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-134

  Nadal, Marina ^a   García Pedrajas, María D ^b   Gold, Scott E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

cAMP; Hyphae; MAPK; Mating; PKA; Unicellular

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCETES; CERATOCYSTIS ULMI; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HOLLEYA SINECAUDA; MYCOSPHAERELLA GRAMINICOLA; NONHUMAN; PLANT DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SURVIVAL; TAPHRINA DEFORMANS; VERTICILLIUM;

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HYPHAE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MORPHOGENESIS; PHEROMONES; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS; SPORES, FUNGAL; USTILAGO;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI;

EID: 44949144980     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01173.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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