Virulence regulation of phytopathogenic fungi by ph

Antioxidants and Redox Signaling

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1012-1025

  Alkan, Noam ^a   Espeso, Eduardo A ^b   Prusky, Dov ^c  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^c VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CITRIC ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLIC AMP; FUSARIC ACID; GLUCONIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCOSIDASE; MOLYBDIC ACID; NITRATE REDUCTASE; OXALIC ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ACIDIFICATION; ALKALINITY; ALLELE; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; AMMONIA FORMATION; APOPTOSIS; AVOCADO; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARBON METABOLISM; CELL MEMBRANE; CHERRY; CHLOROSIS; COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM ACUTATUM; COLLETOTRICHUM COCCODES; COLLETOTRICHUM HIGGISIANUM; DEAMINATION; DEPOLARIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GERMINATION; GLOMERELLA CINGULATA; GLOMERELLA GRAMINICOLA; GROWTH INHIBITION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; IRON TRANSPORT; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; MELON; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; MORPHOGENESIS; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM; PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM; PENICILLIUM ITALICUM; PENICILLIUM MANGIFERAE; PEPPER; PERSIMMON; PH; PLANT TISSUE; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RESPIRATORY BURST; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS; TOMATO; UPREGULATION; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84883432244     PISSN: 15230864     EISSN: 15577716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ars.2012.5062     Document Type: Review

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