Identification of a cis-acting factor modulating the transcription of FUM1, a key fumonisin-biosynthetic gene in the fungal maize pathogen Fusarium verticillioides

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 42-49

  Montis, V ^a   Pasquali, M ^b   Visentin, I ^a   Karlovsky, P ^c   Cardinale, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Fusarium fujikuroi; Fusarium oxysporum; Fusarium proliferatum; Gene cluster regulation; Zinc finger protein

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; FUMONISIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FUM1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUM1 GENE; FUNGAL GENE; FUSARIUM MONILIFORME; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FUMONISINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; PLANT DISEASES; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZEA MAYS;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM PROLIFERATUM; GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI; GIBBERELLA MONILIFORMIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84873135850     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2012.11.009     Document Type: Article

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