Impact of recently emerged sterol 14α-demethylase (CYP51) variants of Mycosphaerella graminicola on azole fungicide sensitivity

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3830-3837

  Cools, Hans J ^a   Mullins, Jonathan G L ^b   Fraaije, Bart A ^a   Parker, Josie E ^b   Kelly, Diane E ^b   Lucas, John A ^a   Kelly, Steven L ^b  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOLE FUNGICIDES; BINDING CAVITY; DEMETHYLASE; DEVELOPED MODEL; PATHOGEN POPULATIONS; PROTEIN FUNCTIONS; S.CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE MUTANT; SENSITIVITY TESTS; SEPTORIA LEAF BLOTCH; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; TRANSFORMANTS;

ALCOHOLS; AMINO ACIDS; GENE ENCODING; POPULATION STATISTICS; YEAST;

FUNGICIDES;

FUNGICIDE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; STEROL 14ALPHA DEMETHYLASE;

AMINO ACID; DISEASE CONTROL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGICIDE; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROTEIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STEROL; TRANSFORMATION; WHEAT;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MISSENSE MUTATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; WHEAT;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ASCOMYCOTA; AZOLES; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STEROL 14-DEMETHYLASE; TRITICUM;

MYCOSPHAERELLA GRAMINICOLA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEPTORIA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79958294577     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00027-11     Document Type: Article

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