Nitrite reductase gene upregulated during conidiation is involved in macroconidium formation in Fusarium oxysporum

Phytopathology

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1099-1106

  Iida, Y ^a,b   Kurata, T ^a   Harimoto, Y ^a   Tsuge, T ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND TEA SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

F. Oxysporum f. sp. melonis; Pathogenicity

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; NITRITE REDUCTASE; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DARKNESS; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS SPORE; FUSARIUM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POTATO; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DARKNESS; DNA PRIMERS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUSARIUM; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRITE REDUCTASES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM;

EID: 54249141834     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-98-10-1099     Document Type: Article

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