Deletion of Mid1, a putative stretch-activated calcium channel in Claviceps purpurea, affects vegetative growth, cell wall synthesis and virulence

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3922-3933

  Bormann, Jörg ^a   Tudzynski, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN MID1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CELL WALL; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CLAVICEPS PURPUREA; FUNGAL PLANT DISEASE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOTIC STRESS; PLANT FUNGUS INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RYE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CELL WALL; CLAVICEPS; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PLANT DISEASES; SECALE CEREALE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; VIRULENCE;

CLAVICEPS PURPUREA; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SECALE CEREALE;

EID: 71449087591     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.030825-0     Document Type: Article

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