Gene disruption of an arabinofuranosidase/ß-xylosidase precursor decreases sclerotinia sclerotiorum virulence on canola tissue

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 783-789

  Yajima, William ^a   Liang, Yue ^a   Kav, Nat N V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA N ARABINOFURANOSIDASE; ALPHA-N-ARABINOFURANOSIDASE; EXO 1,4 BETA D XYLOSIDASE; EXO-1,4-BETA-D-XYLOSIDASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLYCOSIDASE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; XYLAN 1,4 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAPESEED; VIRULENCE;

ASCOMYCOTA; BRASSICA NAPUS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; MUTATION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; VIRULENCE; XYLOSIDASES;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; FUNGI; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM;

EID: 67649506311     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-22-7-0783     Document Type: Article

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