Fungal-specific transcription factor AbPf2 activates pathogenicity in Alternaria brassicicola

Plant Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 498-514

  Cho, Yangrae ^a,b   Ohm, Robin A ^c   Grigoriev, Igor V ^c   Srivastava, Akhil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^c DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternaria brassicicola; Brassica oleracea; gene expression profile; gene induction; necrotrophic fungus; pathogenesis mechanism; pathogenesis regulator; plant response to pathogen

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; BRASSICA OLERACEA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILES; GENE INDUCTION; PATHOGENESIS REGULATOR; PLANT RESPONSE;

GENES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

FUNGI;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA BRASSICICOLA; BRASSICA OLERACEA; FUNGI;

FUNGAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA BRASSICICOLA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; NECROTROPHIC FUNGUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS MECHANISM; PATHOGENESIS REGULATOR; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT RESPONSE TO PATHOGEN; PROMOTER REGION;

ALTERNARIA BRASSICICOLA; BRASSICA OLERACEA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILE; GENE INDUCTION; NECROTROPHIC FUNGUS; PATHOGENESIS MECHANISM; PATHOGENESIS REGULATOR; PLANT RESPONSE TO PATHOGEN;

ALTERNARIA; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRASSICA; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HYPHAE; MUTATION; PLANT DISEASES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84880776876     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12217     Document Type: Article

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