AbaA Regulates Conidiogenesis in the Ascomycete Fungus Fusarium graminearum

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Son, Hokyoung ^a   Kim, Myung Gu ^a   Min, Kyunghun ^a   Seo, Young Su ^b   Lim, Jae Yun ^a   Choi, Gyung Ja ^c   Kim, Jin Cheol ^c   Chae, Suhn Kee ^d   Lee, Yin Won ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology   (South Korea)

^d PaiChai University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABAA PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGAL RNA; TRICHOTHECENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WETA PROTEIN;

ABAA GENE; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CONIDIOGENESIS; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS MUTANT; FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM; GENE DELETION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PHIALIDE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUSARIUM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE ORDER; GENE TARGETING; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 84883811060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072915     Document Type: Article

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