VdSNF1, the sucrose nonfermenting protein kinase gene of verticillium dahliae, is required for virulence and expression of genes involved in cell-wall degradation

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 129-142

  Tzima, Aliki K ^a   Paplomatas, Epaminondas J ^a   Rauyaree, Payungsak ^b,c   Ospina Giraldo, Manuel D ^b,d   Kang, Seogchan ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Agriculture   (Thailand)

^d LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; SNF1 RELATED PROTEIN KINASES; SNF1-RELATED PROTEIN KINASES;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; COTYLEDON; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VERTICILLIUM; VIRULENCE;

ALLELES; CELL WALL; COTYLEDON; DNA PRIMERS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; MUTAGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VERTICILLIUM; VIRULENCE;

FUNGI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM MELONGENA; VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE;

EID: 78650654186     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-09-09-0217     Document Type: Article

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