A novel sterol regulatory element-binding protein gene (sreA) identified in penicillium digitatum is required for prochloraz resistance, full virulence and erg11 (cyp51) regulation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Liu, Jing ^a   Yuan, Yongze ^a   Wu, Zhi ^a   Li, Na ^a   Chen, Yuanlei ^a   Qin, Tingting ^a   Geng, Hui ^a   Xiong, Li ^a   Liu, Deli ^a  

^a CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROCHLORAZ; FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGICIDE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; STEROL 14ALPHA DEMETHYLASE; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; CITRUS FRUIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYP51A GENE; CYP51B GENE; EC50; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SREA GENE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CITRUS; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PENICILLIUM; PLANT DISEASE; VIRULENCE;

AGROBACTERIUM; CITRUS; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CITRUS; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; IMIDAZOLES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PENICILLIUM; PLANT DISEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STEROL 14-DEMETHYLASE; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84923677391     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117115     Document Type: Article

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