Verticillium transcription activator of adhesion Vta2 suppresses microsclerotia formation and is required for systemic infection of plant roots

New Phytologist

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 565-581

  Tran, Van Tuan ^a,b   Braus Stromeyer, Susanna A ^a   Kusch, Harald ^a   Reusche, Michael ^c   Kaever, Alexander ^a   Kühn, Anika ^a   Valerius, Oliver ^a   Landesfeind, Manuel ^a   Aßhauer, Kathrin ^a   Tech, Maike ^a   Hoff, Katharina ^d   Pena Centeno, Tonatiuh ^d   Stanke, Mario ^d   Lipka, Volker ^c   Braus, Gerhard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adhesins; Conidiation; Microsclerotia; Oxidative stress; Pathogenicity; Verticillium; Verticillium transcription activator of adhesion Vta2 conidiation regulator Con7; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PATHOGENICITY; SYMPTOM; YEAST;

FUNGI; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

FUNGAL PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADHESINS; ARTICLE; CONIDIATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCLEROTIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT ROOT; RAPESEED; TOMATO; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VERTICILLIUM; VERTICILLIUM TRANSCRIPTION ACTIVATOR OF ADHESION VTA2/CONIDIATION REGULATOR CON7; YEAST;

ADHESINS; CONIDIATION; MICROSCLEROTIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENICITY; VERTICILLIUM; VERTICILLIUM TRANSCRIPTION ACTIVATOR OF ADHESION VTA2/CONIDIATION REGULATOR CON7; YEAST;

BRASSICA NAPUS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT ROOTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; VERTICILLIUM; YEASTS;

EID: 84896549837     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12671     Document Type: Article

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