Npc1 is involved in sterol trafficking in the filamentous fungus Fusarium graminearum

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 725-730

  Breakspear, Andrew ^a   Pasquali, Matias ^b   Broz, Karen ^c   Dong, Yanhong ^a   Corby Kistler, H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^c USDA Agricultural Research Service Cereal Disease Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Azole antifungals; Ergosterol; Fungicides; Niemann Pick type C disease

Indexed keywords

ERGOSTEROL; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN NPC1; STEROL; TEBUCONAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH INHIBITION; LIPID TRANSPORT; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NPC1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

FUNGI; FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79956158611     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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