Control of glucosylceramide production and morphogenesis by the bar1 ceramide synthase in fusarium graminearum

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Rittenour, William R ^a,b   Chen, Ming ^a   Cahoon, Edgar B ^a   Harris, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A; BAR1 CERAMIDE SYNTHASE; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE; MUTANT PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; BAR1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SPHINGOLIPID;

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL SPORE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FRUITING BODY; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM; HEAT SENSITIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPOGENESIS; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PLANT FUNGUS INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; WHEAT; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; FUNGAL GENE; FUSARIUM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

ASPARTIC ACID ENDOPEPTIDASES; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; FUSARIUM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SPHINGOLIPIDS; TRITICUM;

EID: 79955755822     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019385     Document Type: Article

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