The Type 2C protein phosphatase FgPtc1p of the plant fungal pathogen Fusarium graminearum is involved in lithium toxicity and virulence: Short communication

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 277-282

  Jiang, Linghuo ^a,b,c   Yang, Jingran ^a   Fan, Feiyu ^a   Zhang, Dajun ^a   Wang, Xuli ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; LITHIUM; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2C; PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2C;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FUSARIUM; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCELIUM; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE; WHEAT; DRUG EFFECTS; TOXICITY;

FUSARIUM; GENE DELETION; LITHIUM; MYCELIUM; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRITICUM; VIRULENCE;

EUKARYOTA; FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; HORDEUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 75149126453     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2009.00598.x     Document Type: Article

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