Involvement of BcVeA and BcVelB in regulating conidiation, pigmentation and virulence in Botrytis cinerea

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-71

  Yang, Qianqian ^a   Chen, Yanfen ^a   Ma, Zhonghua ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Botrytis cinerea; Conidiation; Melanin; Velvet like gene; Virulence

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MELANOGENESIS; MOLECULAR HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; VELVET A GENE; VELVET B GENE;

BOTRYTIS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; OXIDANTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; SPORES, FUNGAL; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; VIRULENCE;

BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

EID: 84871388390     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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