Identifying pathogenicity genes in the rubber tree anthracnose fungus Colletotrichum gloeosporioides through random insertional mutagenesis

Microbiological Research

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 340-350

  Cai, Zhiying ^a,b,c   Li, Guohua ^c   Lin, Chunhua ^b   Shi, Tao ^b   Zhai, Ligang ^d   Chen, Yipeng ^b   Huang, Guixiu ^b  

^a HAINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Yunnan Institute of Tropical Crops   (China)

^d HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anthracnose; Colletotrichum gloeosporioides; Fungal transformation; Insertional mutagenesis; Pathogenicity gen

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACNOSE; COLLETOTRICHUM GLOEOSPORIOIDES; FUNGAL TRANSFORMATION; INSERTIONAL MUTAGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY GEN;

DNA SEQUENCES; GENE ENCODING; MUTAGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

FUNGI;

FUNGAL PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTHRACNOSE; BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENOME; PATHOGENICITY; RUBBER; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COLLETOTRICHUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEVEA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COLLETOTRICHUM; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HEVEA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLANT DISEASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; COLLETOTRICHUM; FUNGI; GLOMERELLA CINGULATA; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 84878149692     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2013.01.005     Document Type: Article

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