Identification of virulence genes in the crucifer anthracnose fungus Colletotrichum higginsianum by insertional mutagenesis

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 6-17

  Liu, Liping ^a   Zhao, Dian ^a   Zheng, Lu ^a   Hsiang, Tom ^b   Wei, Yangdou ^a,c   Fu, Yanping ^a   Huang, Junbin ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appressoria; Arabidopsis thaliana; ATMT; Colletotrichum higginsianum; Melanin; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ANTHRACNOSE; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM HIGGINSIANUM; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; INVERSE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MEL1 GENE; MELANOGENESIS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NULL ALLELE; PLANT FUNGUS INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSPOSON;

APPRESSORIA; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ATMT; COLLETOTRICHUM HIGGINSIANUM; MELANIN; VIRULENCE GENES;

ARABIDOPSIS; COLLETOTRICHUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84882753393     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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