Botrytis cinerea mutants deficient in d-galacturonic acid catabolism have a perturbed virulence on Nicotiana benthamiana and Arabidopsis, but not on tomato

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-29

  Zhang, Lisha ^a   van Kan, Jan A L ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BOTRYTIS; CELL WALL; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT LEAF; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOBACCO; TOMATO; VIRULENCE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BOTRYTIS; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; HEXURONIC ACIDS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MUTATION; PLANT LEAVES; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOBACCO; VIRULENCE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA;

EID: 84870524367     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2012.00825.x     Document Type: Article

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