Functional analysis of a melanin biosynthetic gene using RNAi-mediated gene silencing in Rosellinia necatrix

Fungal Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 413-421

  Shimizu, Takeo ^a   Ito, Tsutae ^a   Kanematsu, Satoko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fungal secondary metabolite; Plant pathogenic fungus; Polyketide synthase (PKS); Pseudosclerotium; Soil survival; Synnema

Indexed keywords

COLLETOTRICHUM LAGENARIUM; FUNGI; ROSELLINIA NECATRIX;

FUNGAL DNA; MELANIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COLLETOTRICHUM; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRULENCE; XYLARIALES;

COLLETOTRICHUM; DNA, FUNGAL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENE SILENCING; GENES, FUNGAL; MELANINS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; VIRULENCE; XYLARIALES;

EID: 84898874609     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2014.02.006     Document Type: Article

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