Transcriptional regulation of elsinochrome phytotoxin biosynthesis by an EfSTE12 activator in the citrus scab pathogen Elsinoë fawcettii

Fungal Biology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-73

  Yang, Siwy Ling ^a   Chung, Kuang Ren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene disruption; Light; Nonhost selective toxin; Split marker; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; ELSINOCHROME A; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MYCOTOXIN; PERYLENE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CLONE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRUIT; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIGHT EFFECT; PATHOGEN; PHENOTYPE; PHYTOTOXICITY; PIGMENT; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BIOSYNTHESIS; CITRUS FRUIT; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; VIRULENCE;

ASCOMYCOTA; CITRUS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYCOTOXINS; PERYLENE; PLANT DISEASES; QUINONES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

CITRUS; ELSINOE FAWCETTII;

EID: 77949916945     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2009.10.007     Document Type: Article

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