Evidence for functional diversification within a fungal Nep1-like protein family

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 278-286

  Santhanam, Parthasarathy ^a   Van Esse, H Peter ^a   Albert, Isabell ^b   Faino, Luigi ^a   Nürnberger, Thorsten ^b   Thomma, Bart P H J ^a,c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c CENTRE FOR BIOSYSTEMS GENOMICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST RANGE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASE; TOBACCO; TOMATO; VERTICILLIUM; VIRULENCE;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENOME, FUNGAL; HOST SPECIFICITY; HYPHAE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; SEQUENCE DELETION; SPORES, FUNGAL; TOBACCO; VERTICILLIUM; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84874075977     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-09-12-0222-R     Document Type: Article

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