Establishment of invasive and non-invasive reporter systems to investigate American elm-Ophiostoma novo-ulmi interactions

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 32-41

  Sherif, S ^a,b   Jones, A M P ^a   Shukla, M R ^a   Saxena, P K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Al Abaadyia   (Egypt)

Author keywords

American elm; Cerato ulmin; Dutch elm disease; Ophiostoma; Reporter gene assays

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CERATO ULMIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYDROPHOBIN; LUCIFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CU PROTEIN, OPHIOSTOMA ULMI; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MYCOTOXIN;

AGROBACTERIUM; AMERICAN ELM; ARTICLE; CALLUS (PLANT); CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; ELM; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MITOSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPHIOSTOMA; OPHIOSTOMA NOVO ULMI; PLANT FUNGUS INTERACTION; PROMOTER REGION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPORTER GENE; VIRULENCE;

AGROBACTERIUM; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, REPORTER; HYPHAE; MYCOTOXINS; NORTH AMERICA; OPHIOSTOMA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; ULMUS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84907704838     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2014.08.005     Document Type: Article

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