A Gα subunit gene is essential for conidiation and potassium efflux but dispensable for pathogenicity of Alternaria alternata on citrus

Current Genetics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-51

  Wang, Nan Yi ^a   Lin, Ching Hsuan ^a   Chung, Kuang Ren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

CAMP; G protein; Ion channel; MAP kinase; Necrotroph; Signaling

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM ION; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE;

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRESS; CITRUS FRUIT; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL PLANT DISEASE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIPOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOTIC STRESS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PLANT RESPONSE; PLANT STRESS; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

ALTERNARIA; CITRUS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS; POTASSIUM; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; CITRUS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 75049083762     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-009-0278-2     Document Type: Article

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