Melanin is required for the formation of the multi-cellular conidia in the endophytic fungus Pestalotiopsis microspora

Microbiological Research

Volumn 179, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-11

  Yu, Xi ^a   Huo, Liang ^b   Liu, Heng ^a   Chen, Longfei ^a   Wang, Yu ^a   Zhu, Xudong ^a,b  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Conidial development; Germination tube; Melanin; Pestalotiopsis microspora; Polyketide synthase

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTIVATION; KETONES; MELANIN;

CONIDIA PRODUCTION; CONIDIAL DEVELOPMENT; MELANIN BIOSYNTHESIS; NEGATIVE MODULATION; PESTALOTIOPSIS MICROSPORA; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE GENES; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES; SPECIFIC INHIBITORS;

FUNGI;

CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; DYE; ENDOPHYTE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GERMINATION; INHIBITOR; MELANIN; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGY; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

FUNGI; PESTALOTIOPSIS MICROSPORA;

FUNGAL PROTEIN; MELANIN; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE;

AGROBACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; XYLARIALES;

AGROBACTERIUM; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GERMINATION; MELANINS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES; SPORES, FUNGAL; XYLARIALES;

EID: 84942089308     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2015.06.004     Document Type: Article

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