Sfp-type 4'-phosphopantetheinyl transferase is required for lysine synthesis, tolerance to oxidative stress and virulence in the plant pathogenic fungus Cochliobolus sativus

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 375-387

  Leng, Yueqiang ^a   Zhong, Shaobin ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; LYSINE; MELANIN; PHOSPHOPANTETHEINYL TRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE DELETION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORDEUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ASCOMYCOTA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; HORDEUM; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; LYSINE; MELANINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT DISEASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSFERASES (OTHER SUBSTITUTED PHOSPHATE GROUPS); VIRULENCE;

ASCOMYCOTA; COCHLIOBOLUS; COCHLIOBOLUS SATIVUS; FUNGI; HORDEUM;

EID: 84859423183     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2011.00756.x     Document Type: Article

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