Oxaloacetate acetylhydrolase gene mutants of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum do not accumulate oxalic acid, but do produce limited lesions on host plants

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 559-571

  Liang, Xiaofei ^a   Liberti, Daniele ^b   Li, Moyi ^a   Kim, Young Tae ^c   Hutchens, Andrew ^d   Wilson, Ron ^a   Rollins, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Nunhems Netherlands BV   (Netherlands)

^c Chungcheongnam Do Institute of Health   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Necrotroph; Oxalate; Oxalic acid; Pathogenesis; Phytopathogen; Sclerotinia; Virulence

Indexed keywords

SCLEROTINIA; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM;

HYDROLASE; MESSENGER RNA; OXALIC ACID; OXALOACETASE;

ASCOMYCETES; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ASCOMYCOTA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HYDROLASES; MUTATION; OXALIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84934766446     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12211     Document Type: Article

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