Functional genomics tools to decipher the pathogenicity mechanisms of the necrotrophic fungus Plectosphaerella cucumerina in Arabidopsis thaliana

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 44-57

  Ramos, Brisa ^a,b   González Melendi, Pablo ^a,b   Sánchez Vallet, Andrea ^a,b,c   Sánchez Rodríguez, Clara ^a,b,d   López, Gemma ^a,b   Molina, Antonio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Electrotechnical Section   (Spain)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BACTERIAL COUNT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KARYOTYPING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARABIDOPSIS; ASCOMYCOTA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; KARYOTYPING; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; FUNGI; PLECTOSPHAERELLA CUCUMERINA;

EID: 84870534973     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2012.00826.x     Document Type: Article

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