Tools for Botrytis cinerea: New expression vectors make the gray mold fungus more accessible to cell biology approaches

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 483-497

  Schumacher, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bimolecular fluorescence complementation; Botrytis cinerea; Fluorescent protein; Necrotroph; Virulence

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BCWCL1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BCWCL2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOMOLECULAR FLUORESCENCE COMPLEMENTATION ASSAY; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLONING VECTOR; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSOL; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; PEROXISOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPORTER GENE;

BOTRYTIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PLANT DISEASES;

BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; FUNGI;

EID: 84861454487     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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