FgVelB globally regulates sexual reproduction, mycotoxin production and pathogenicity in the cereal pathogen Fusarium graminearum

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 158, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1723-1733

  Lee, Jungkwan ^a   Myong, Kilseon ^b   Kim, Jung Eun ^b   Kim, Hee Kyoung ^c   Yun, Sung Hwan ^c   Lee, Yin Won ^b  

^a Dong A University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM VELB PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MYCOTOXIN; TRICHOTHECENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEARALENONE;

ARTICLE; FUNGAL REPRODUCTION; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; WILD TYPE;

CEREALS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUSARIUM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MYCELIUM; MYCOTOXINS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SPORES, FUNGAL; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

FUNGI; FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA ZEAE;

EID: 84863678946     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.059188-0     Document Type: Article

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