Functional characterization of Rho family small GTPases in Fusarium graminearum

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 90-99

  Zhang, Chengkang ^a   Wang, Yang ^a   Wang, Jianqiang ^a   Zhai, Zhenzhen ^a   Zhang, Lianhu ^a   Zheng, Wenhui ^a   Zheng, Wu ^a,b   Yu, Wenying ^a   Zhou, Jie ^a   Lu, Guodong ^a   Shim, Won Bo ^a,c   Wang, Zonghua ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b Fuzhou Criminal Science and Technology Institute   (China)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conidiation; Fusarium graminearum; Pathogenicity; Rho GTPases; Sexual reproduction

Indexed keywords

RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; VOMITOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CELL WALL; CONIDIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STRESS; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

FUNGI; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

CONIDIATION; FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM; PATHOGENICITY; RHO GTPASES; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

FUSARIUM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PLANT DISEASES; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRITICUM;

EID: 84887827489     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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