Functional analysis of the conserved transcriptional regulator CfWor1 in Cladosporium fulvum reveals diverse roles in the virulence of plant pathogenic fungi

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-27

  Ökmen, Bilal ^a   Collemare, Jérôme ^a,b   Griffiths, Scott ^a   Van Der Burgt, Ate ^a   Cox, Russell ^c,d   De Wit, Pierre J G M ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRE FOR BIOSYSTEMS GENOMICS   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM FULVUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOST CELL; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; WOR1 GENE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUSARIUM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; TOMATO; VIRULENCE;

CLADOSPORIUM FULVUM; FUNGI; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. LYCOPERSICI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SCLEROTIUM (ASCOMYCOTA);

FUNGAL PROTEIN;

CLADOSPORIUM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYPHAE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84897112394     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12535     Document Type: Article

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