A putative pheromone signaling pathway is dispensable for self-fertility in the homothallic ascomycete Gibberella zeae

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1188-1196

  Kim, Hee Kyoung ^a   Lee, Theresa ^b   Yun, Sung Hwan ^a  

^a Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^b National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gibberella zeae; Pheromone precursors; Pheromone receptors; Self fertility; Sexual reproduction

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GIBBERELLA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DAUCUS CAROTA; FERTILITY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GIBBERELLA; PHEROMONES; RECEPTORS, PHEROMONE; RNA, FUNGAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE;

FUNGI; GIBBERELLA ZEAE;

EID: 47249157138     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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