Mating-type orthologous genes in the primarily homothallic Moniliophthora perniciosa, the causal agent of Witches' Broom Disease in cacao

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 442-451

  Kües, Ursula ^a   Navarro González, Mónica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basidiomycete; G protein coupled pheromone receptors; Homeodomain transcription factors; Mating types; Pheromones

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PHEROMONE; PHEROMONE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AGARICALES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CACAO; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENOME; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AGARICALES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CACAO; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHEROMONES; PLANT DISEASES; RECEPTORS, PHEROMONE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; MONILIOPHTHORA; MYCELIUM (GENUS); THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 77958609472     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201000013     Document Type: Article

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