Identification of virulence genes in the corn pathogen Colletotrichum graminicola by Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-55

  Münch, Steffen ^a   Ludwig, Nancy ^a   Floss, Daniela S ^a   Sugui, Janyce A ^a   Koszucka, Anna M ^b   Voll, Lars M ^b   Sonnewald, Uwe ^b   Deising, Holger B ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; COLLETOTRICHUM; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT DISEASE; PLASMID; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; VIRULENCE;

COLLETOTRICHUM; DNA, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOMIC LIBRARY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT TUMOR-INDUCING PLASMIDS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE; ZEA MAYS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; GLOMERELLA GRAMINICOLA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78649732447     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2010.00651.x     Document Type: Article

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