Role of chitin synthase genes in Fusarium oxysporum

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3175-3187

  Martín Udíroz, Magdalena ^a,b   Madrid, Marta P ^a   Roncero, M Isabel G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; AMINO ACID; CELL PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; CHITIN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; CHITIN SYNTHASE 1; CHITIN SYNTHASE 2; CHITIN SYNTHASE 3; FLUORESCENT DYE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SORBITOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DATA ANALYSIS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNGAL PLANT DISEASE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS MUTANT; FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SOIL; SPECIES; STRESS; STRUCTURAL GENE; TOMATO; WILD TYPE; WILTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL WALL; CHITIN SYNTHASE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FUSARIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. LYCOPERSICI; FUSARIUM SP.; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 6444221175     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27236-0     Document Type: Article

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