FgSKN7 and FgATF1 have overlapping functions in ascosporogenesis, pathogenesis and stress responses in Fusarium graminearum

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1245-1260

  Jiang, Cong ^a,b   Zhang, Shijie ^a   Zhang, Qiang ^a   Tao, Yin ^a   Wang, Chenfang ^a   Xu, Jin Rong ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA ZEAE; HORDEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

ALCOHOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRICHOTHECENE DERIVATIVE; VIRULENCE FACTOR; VOMITOXIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; FUNGUS SPORE; FUSARIUM; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; HORDEUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; WHEAT;

FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUSARIUM; GENE DELETION; HORDEUM; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT DISEASES; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRICHOTHECENES; TRITICUM; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84926416690     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12561     Document Type: Article

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