Identification of virulence genes in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici by large-scale transposon tagging

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-107

  López Berges, Manuel Sánchez ^a   Di Pietro, Antonio ^a   Daboussi, Marie Josée ^b   Wahab, Hala Abdel ^b   Vasnier, Christelle ^b   Roncero, M Isabel G ^a   Dufresne, Marie ^b   Hera, Concepción ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; FUNGAL GENE; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOMATO; TRANSPOSON; VIRULENCE;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FUSARIUM; GENES, FUNGAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

AEPYCEROS MELAMPUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. LYCOPERSICI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MALUS X DOMESTICA; NIA;

EID: 58149234213     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2008.00512.x     Document Type: Article

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