The development-specific protein (Ssp1) from Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is encoded by a novel gene expressed exclusively in sclerotium tissues

Mycologia

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-43

  Li, Moyi ^a   Rollins, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apothecium; Development; Fungus; Pathogen; Sclerotium; Stroma

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EVOLUTION; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GERMINATION; LIFE CYCLE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTEIN;

ASCOMYCOTA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM; SCLEROTINIACEAE; SCLEROTIUM (ASCOMYCOTA); SCLEROTIUM (BASIDIOMYCOTA);

FUNGAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 64049109351     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/08-114     Document Type: Article

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