Phosphoribosylamidotransferase, the first enzyme for purine de novo synthesis, is required for conidiation in the sclerotial mycoparasite coniothyrium minitans

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 956-965

  Qin, Li ^a   Gong, Xiaoyan ^a   Xie, Jiatao ^a   Jiang, Daohong ^a   Cheng, Jiasen ^a   Li, Guoqing ^a   Huang, Junbin ^a   Fu, Yanping ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adenosine; CAMP signaling pathway; Conidiation; Coniothyrium minitans; Filamentous fungi; Phosphoribosylamidotransferase; Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; FUNGAL ENZYME; GUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORIBOSYLAMIDOTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CMPRAT 1 GENE; CONIDIUM; CONIOTHYRIUM MINITANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MYCELIUM; MYCOPARASITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM;

ADENOSINE; AMIDOPHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; CYCLIC AMP; DNA, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYCELIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, FUNGAL;

CONIOTHYRIUM MINITANS; FUNGI; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM;

EID: 80052272299     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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