CbCTB2, an O-methyltransferase is essential for biosynthesis of the phytotoxin cercosporin and infection of sugar beet by Cercospora beticola

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Staerkel, Cornelia ^a   Boenisch, Marike J ^a   Kröger, Cathrin ^a   Bormann, Jörg ^a   Schäfer, Wilhelm ^a   Stahl, Dietmar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b KWS SAAT SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; CERCOSPORA; CERCOSPORA BETICOLA; FUNGI;

CERCOSPORIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PERYLENE;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BEET; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE;

ASCOMYCOTA; BETA VULGARIS; PERYLENE; PLANT DISEASES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875134824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-13-50     Document Type: Article

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