Fusarium verticillioides chitin synthases CHS5 and CHS7 are required for normal growth and pathogenicity

Current Genetics

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 177-189

  Larson, Troy M ^a   Kendra, David F ^a   Busman, Mark ^a   Brown, Daren W ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Chitin synthase; CHS; Endophyte; Fumonisin; Fusarium spp.

Indexed keywords

CHITIN SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CELL STRESS; CHS5 GENE; CHS7 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FUNGAL PLANT DISEASE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUSARIUM MONILIFORME; GENE SEQUENCE; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL WALL; CHITIN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; FUMONISINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HYPHAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEEDLING; SEQUENCE DELETION; ZEA MAYS;

FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA MONILIFORMIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79958285124     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: 14320983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-011-0334-6     Document Type: Article

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