Insight into the molecular requirements for pathogenicity of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici through large-scale insertional mutagenesis

Genome Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Michielse, Caroline B ^a   van Wijk, Ringo ^a   Reijnen, Linda ^a   Cornelissen, Ben J C ^a   Rep, Martijn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CHITIN SYNTHASE; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL ANCHORED PROTEIN; LIPID; MANNOSE PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; PROTEIN FLBA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CELL WALL; DNA FLANKING REGION; FUNGUS MUTANT; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC SCREENING; LIPID METABOLISM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PEROXISOME; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

AGROBACTERIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. LYCOPERSICI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 60849084561     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2009-10-1-r4     Document Type: Article

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