Assessing the effects of light on differentiation and virulence of the plant pathogen botrytis cinerea: Characterization of the white collar complex

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Canessa, Paulo ^a   Schumacher, Julia ^b   Hevia, Montserrat A ^a   Tudzynski, Paul ^b   Larrondo, Luis F ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,3'-DIAMINOBENZIDINE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BOTRYTIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; LIGHT; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PHOTORECEPTORS, MICROBIAL; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRYPAN BLUE; VIRULENCE; VITIS;

EID: 84894110046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084223     Document Type: Article

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