FfVel1 and fflae1, components of a velvet-like complex in fusarium fujikuroi, affect differentiation, secondary metabolism and virulence

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 972-994

  Wiemann, Philipp ^a   Brown, Daren W ^b   Kleigrewe, Karin ^a   Bok, Jin Woo ^c   Keller, Nancy P ^c   Humpf, Hans Ulrich ^a   Tudzynski, Bettina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FFLAE1 PROTEIN; FFVEL1 PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MYCOTOXIN; PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL REPRODUCTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CROSS HYBRIDIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIATION; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM FUJIKUROI; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; LAEA LIKE GENE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND VARIABILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; VIRULENCE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI; PENICILLIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUSARIUM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOTOXINS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRULENCE;

EID: 77955379554     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07263.x     Document Type: Article

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