Involvement of FgERG4 in ergosterol biosynthesis, vegetative differentiation and virulence in Fusarium graminearum

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-83

  Liu, Xin ^a   Jiang, Jinhua ^a   Yin, Yanni ^a   Ma, Zhonghua ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION; ERGOSTEROL; FUNGAL PROTEIN; TRICHOTHECENE DERIVATIVE; VOMITOXIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; FUSARIUM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENICITY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VIRULENCE;

CATIONS; CELL WALL; ERGOSTEROL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUSARIUM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYPHAE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRICHOTHECENES; VIRULENCE;

FUNGI; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84870506523     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2012.00829.x     Document Type: Article

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