The AreA transcription factor mediates the regulation of deoxynivalenol (DON) synthesis by ammonium and cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) signalling in Fusarium graminearum

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 987-999

  Hou, Rui ^a,b   Jiang, Cong ^a   Zheng, Qian ^a,b   Wang, Chenfang ^a   Xu, Jin Rong ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium suppression; DON production; Gibberella zeae; Nitrogen metabolism; TRI6 expression

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; ARGININE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NITROGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRICHOTHECENE DERIVATIVE; VOMITOXIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ARGININE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; NITROGEN; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRICHOTHECENES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84940905016     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12254     Document Type: Article

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