pH controls both transcription and posttranslational processing of the protease BcACP1 in the phytopathogenic fungus Botrytis cinerea

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2097-2105

  Rolland, Stéphane ^a,b   Bruel, Christophe ^a   Rascle, Christine ^a   Girard, Vincent ^a   Billon Grand, Geneviève ^a   Poussereau, Nathalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PROTEINASE; ACIDIC PROTEASE 1; ENZYME PRECURSOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PACC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FUNGAL DNA; PEPSTATIN; PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME RELEASE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL PLANT DISEASE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PLANT TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APPLE; BOTRYTIS; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; SECRETION; VIRULENCE;

BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; FUNGI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BOTRYTIS; DNA, FUNGAL; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPSTATINS; PLANT DISEASES; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 67650745015     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.025999-0     Document Type: Article

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