Identification of differentially expressed genes associated with changes in the morphology of Pichia fermentans on apple and peach fruit

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 785-795

  Fiori, Stefano ^a   Scherm, Barbara ^a   Liu, Jia ^b   Farrell, Robert ^c   Mannazzu, Ilaria ^a   Budroni, Marilena ^a   Maserti, Bianca E ^d   Wisniewski, Michael E ^b   Migheli, Quirico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Environmental risk; Morphogenesis; Postharvest; Subtractive hybridization; Yeast pathogenicity

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; APPLE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE PRODUCT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GLYCOLYSIS; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PEACH; PICHIA FERMENTANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTHARVEST PERIOD; SUPPRESSION SUBTRACTIVE HYBRIDIZATION; YEAST;

GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MALUS; PICHIA; PRUNUS;

BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MONILINIA FRUCTICOLA; PICHIA FERMENTANS; PRUNUS PERSICA; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 84867644569     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2012.00829.x     Document Type: Article

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