A fungal cell wall integrity-associated MAP kinase cascade in Coniothyrium minitans is required for conidiation and mycoparasitism

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 347-357

  Zeng, Fanyun ^a   Gong, Xiaoyan ^a   Hamid, Mahammad Imran ^a   Fu, Yanping ^a   Jiatao, Xie ^a   Cheng, Jiasen ^a   Li, Guoqing ^a   Jiang, Daohong ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cell wall integrity; Conidiation; Coniothyrium minitans; MAP kinase cascade; Mycoparasitism; Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BCK1 GENE; CELL WALL; CONIDIUM; CONIOTHYRIUM MINITANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; MYCOPARASITISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SLT2 GENE; WILD TYPE;

ASCOMYCOTA; CELL WALL; DNA, FUNGAL; GENE DELETION; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHYLOGENY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, FUNGAL;

CONIOTHYRIUM MINITANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCLEROTINIA; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM;

EID: 84860383083     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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