Mutation of CRE1 in Fusarium oxysporum reverts the pathogenicity defects of the FRP1 deletion mutant

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1100-1113

  Jonkers, Wilfried ^a   Rep, Martijn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CRE RECOMBINASE; CRE RECOMBINASE 1; F BOX PROTEIN; F BOX PROTEIN REQUIRED FOR PATHOGENICITY 1; PROTEASOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; DELETION MUTANT; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTATION; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; WILD TYPE;

F-BOX PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUSARIUM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PLANT DISEASES; PROTEIN KINASES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

FUNGI; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. LYCOPERSICI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 70450197409     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06922.x     Document Type: Article

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