Mannitol biosynthesis is required for plant pathogenicity by Alternaria alternata

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 285, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 122-129

  Vélëz, Heriberto ^a   Glassbrook, Norman J ^a   Daub, Margaret E ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Mannitol metabolism; Plant disease; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL; MANNITOL DEHYDROGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; TREHALOSE;

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONIDIUM; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGUS MUTANT; INOCULATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY; MPDH GENE; MTDH GENE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOBACCO;

ALTERNARIA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MANNITOL; PLANT DISEASES; SPORES, FUNGAL; SUGAR ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASES; TOBACCO; TREHALOSE;

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; FUNGI; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 47349127024     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01224.x     Document Type: Article

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