Impact of the unfolded protein response on the pathogenicity of the necrotrophic fungus Alternaria brassicicola

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1305-1324

  Joubert, A ^a   Simoneau, P ^a   Campion, C ^a   Bataille Simoneau N ^a   Iacomi Vasilescu, B ^b   Poupard, P ^a   Francois J M ^c   Georgeault, S ^d   Sellier, E ^e   Guillemette, T ^a  

^a IFR 149 QUASAV   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRONOMIC SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c INSA   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMALEXIN; GENOMIC DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA BRASSICICOLA; ARTICLE; BLACK SPOT DISEASE; BRASSICACEAE; CELL PROTECTION; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; FUNGAL CELL WALL; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL PLANT DISEASE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; HACA GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLITE; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PLANT FUNGUS INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UNFOLDED PROTEIN RESPONSE;

ALTERNARIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT DISEASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; UNFOLDED PROTEIN RESPONSE; VIRULENCE;

ALTERNARIA BRASSICICOLA; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICACEAE; FUNGI;

EID: 79951810804     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07522.x     Document Type: Article

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