Controlled gene expression in the plant pathogen Cryphonectria parasitica by use of a copper-responsive element

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 5417-5420

  Willyerd, Karyn L ^a   Kemp, Amanda M ^a   Dawe, Angus L ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED GENE EXPRESSION; CRYPHONECTRIA; PLANT PATHOGEN; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSPORTER GENES;

GENE EXPRESSION;

COPPER PROTEIN;

COPPER; DECIDUOUS TREE; FUNGAL DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; VIRULENCE; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CHESTNUT; CRYPHONECTRIA PARASITICA; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ASCOMYCOTA; COPPER; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT DISEASES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA VIRUSES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE;

CRYPHONECTRIA PARASITICA; HYPOVIRUS;

EID: 68549140157     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00899-09     Document Type: Article

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