Roles for SKN7 response regulator in stress resistance, conidiation and virulence in the citrus pathogen Alternaria alternata

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 802-813

  Chen, Li Hung ^a   Lin, Ching Hsuan ^a,b   Chung, Kuang Ren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fungicide; Pathogenicity; Reactive oxygen species; Signal transduction; Toxin

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HOG1 PROTEIN; PEROXIDASE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SKN7 PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ARTICLE; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGICIDE RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOTIC STRESS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKN7 GENE;

ALTERNARIA; ANTIOXIDANTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CITRUS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSMOSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; CITRUS;

EID: 84866444646     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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