Gene inactivation in the citrus pathogenic fungus Alternaria alternata defect at the Ku70 locus associated with non-homologous end joining

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1817-1826

  Wang, Nan Yi ^a   Yang, Siwy Ling ^a   Lin, Ching Hsuan ^a,b   Chung, Kuang Ren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungal virulence; Host selective toxin; Hygromycin; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ACETOLACTATE SYNTHASE; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; BROWN SPOTS; CLONED GENES; DNA FRAGMENT; DNA REPAIR; FILAMENTOUS FUNGI; FUNGAL SPECIES; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE DISRUPTIONS; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE TARGETING; HISTIDINE KINASE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HOST-SELECTIVE TOXIN; HYGROMYCIN; HYGROMYCIN RESISTANCE; LOW FREQUENCY; NONHOMOLOGOUS END JOINING; PATHOGENIC FUNGI; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SELECTABLE MARKERS; TOXIN PRODUCTION;

AMINO ACIDS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); FUNGI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; JOINING; TRANSCRIPTION;

GENE ENCODING;

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITRUS; FUNGI; PUNCTUM BLANDIANUM;

EID: 79960563437     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-010-0640-z     Document Type: Article

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