Differential gene expression between the biotrophic-like and saprotrophic mycelia of the witches' broom pathogen Moniliophthora perniciosa

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 891-908

  Rincones, Johana ^a   Scarpari, Leandra M ^a   Carazzolle, Marcelo F ^a   Mondego, Jorge M C ^a   Formighieri, Eduardo F ^a   Barau, Joan G ^a   Costa, Gustavo G L ^a   Carraro, Dirce M ^b   Brentani, Helena P ^b   Vilas Boas, Laurival A ^c   De Oliveira, Bruno V ^a   Sabha, Maricene ^a   Dias, Robson ^d   Cascardo, Júlio M ^d   Azevedo, Ricardo A ^e   Meinhardt, Lyndel W ^f   Pereira, Gonçalo A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO AGRONÔMICO DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA microarrays

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FUNGAL DNA; NITROGEN; PRIMER DNA;

AGARICALES; ARTICLE; CACAO; DNA MICROARRAY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSPOSON;

AGARICALES; BASE SEQUENCE; CACAO; CARBON; DNA PRIMERS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, FUNGAL; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PLANT DISEASES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

FUNGI; MONILIOPHTHORA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 47549090982     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-21-7-0891     Document Type: Article

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