The velvet gene, FgVe1, affects fungal development and positively regulates trichothecene biosynthesis and pathogenicity in Fusarium graminearum

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 363-374

  Merhej, Jawad ^a   Urban, Martin ^b   Dufresne, Marie ^c   Hammond Kosack, Kim E ^b   Richard Forget, Florence ^a   Barreau, Christian ^a,c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUROFUSARIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; NAPHTHOQUINONE; TRICHOTHECENE DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS SPORE; FUSARIUM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUSARIUM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAPHTHOQUINONES; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRICHOTHECENES;

AVENA; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; GIBBERELLA; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; HORDEUM; MYCELIUM (GENUS); SECALE CEREALE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84859435393     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2011.00755.x     Document Type: Article

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