Role of mannitol metabolism in the pathogenicity of the necrotrophic fungus Alternaria brassicicola

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  Calmes, Benoit ^a,b,c   Guillemette, Thomas ^a,b,c   Teyssier, Lény ^a,b,c   Siegler, Benjamin ^a   Pigné, Sandrine ^a,b,c   Landreau, Anne ^d   Iacomi, Béatrice ^e   Lemoine, Rémi ^f   Richomme, Pascal ^d   Simoneau, Philippe ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b Universite d'Angers   (France)

^c AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AGRONOMIC SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Alternaria brassicicola; Brassicicolin A; Isothiocyanates; Mannitol; Null mutants; Oxidative and drought stress; Pathogenicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884837328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00131     Document Type: Article

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