Functional analyses of the Diels-Alderase gene sol5 of Ascochyta rabiei and Alternaria solani indicate that the solanapyrone phytotoxins are not required for pathogenicity

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 482-496

  Kim, Wonyong ^a   Park, Chung Min ^a   Park, Jeong Jin ^a   Akamatsu, Hajime O ^a,b   Peever, Tobin L ^a   Xian, Ming ^a   Gang, David R ^a   Vandemark, George ^a   Chen, Weidong ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA SOLANI; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ASCOCHYTA; CICER ARIETINUM; MYCOSPHAERELLA RABIEI; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

FUNGAL PROTEIN; MYCOTOXIN; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; PYRONE DERIVATIVE;

ALTERNARIA; ASCOMYCETES; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY;

ALTERNARIA; ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOTOXINS; NAPHTHALENES; PYRONES;

EID: 84927637228     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-08-14-0234-R     Document Type: Article

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