The MAT1-2-1 mating-type gene upregulates photo-inducible carotenoid biosynthesis in Fusarium verticillioides

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 318, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 76-83

  Ádám, Attila L ^a   García Martínez, Jorge ^b   Szucs, Endre P ^a   Avalos, Javier ^b   Hornok, László ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Fusarium; Light regulation; MAT gene; Neurosporaxanthin

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; GAMMA CAROTENE; NEUROSPOROXANTHIN; PHYTOENE; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; TORULENE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAT1 2 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHOPHYLL;

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CARB GENE; CARRA GENE; CART GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM VERTICILLIOIDES; ILLUMINATION; LETTER; MAT1 2 1 GENE; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CAROTENOIDS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; LIGHT; MUTATION; UP-REGULATION;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA MONILIFORMIS;

EID: 79953315978     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02241.x     Document Type: Letter

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