Regulation of pathogenic spore germination by cgrac1 in the fungal plant pathogen colletotrichum gloeosporioides

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1122-1130

  Nesher, Iris ^a   Minz, Anna ^a   Kokkelink, Leonie ^b,c   Tudzynski, Paul ^b   Sharon, Amir ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; RAC1 PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; COLLETOTRICHUM; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

CELL CYCLE; COLLETOTRICHUM; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GERMINATION; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PLANT DISEASES; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPORES, FUNGAL;

COLLETOTRICHUM; GLOMERELLA CINGULATA;

EID: 79961044559     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00321-10     Document Type: Article

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