Role of the Alternaria alternata blue-light receptor LreA (White-Collar 1) in spore formation and secondary metabolism

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2582-2591

  Pruß, Sonja ^a   Fetzner, Ramona ^a   Seither, Kristin ^a   Herr, Andreas ^a   Pfeiffer, Erika ^a   Metzler, Manfred ^a   Lawrence, Christopher B ^b   Fischer, Reinhard ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; PROTEINS;

ACTIVATING FUNCTION; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; FILAMENTOUS FUNGI; LIGHT CONDITIONS; LIGHT INDUCTION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SECONDARY METABOLITES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CROP PEST; FUNGUS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; LIGHT EFFECT; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PROTEIN; SPORE;

MYCOTOXIN; VISUAL PROTEINS AND PIGMENTS;

ALTERNARIA; DARKNESS; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; RADIATION RESPONSE; SECONDARY METABOLISM;

ALTERNARIA; DARKNESS; GENE DELETION; LIGHT; MYCOTOXINS; PHOTORECEPTORS, MICROBIAL; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 84897000106     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00327-14     Document Type: Article

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