Regulation of secondary metabolite production in the fungal tomato pathogen Cladosporium fulvum

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 84, Issue , 2015, Pages 52-61

  Griffiths, Scott ^a   Saccomanno, Benedetta ^a   de Wit, Pierre J G M ^a   Collemare, Jérôme ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Universite d'Angers   (France)

Author keywords

Cladofulvin; Cryptic biosynthetic pathways; Global regulator; HdaA; LaeA; VeA

Indexed keywords

CLADOFULVIN; PIGMENT; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL METABOLISM; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HDAA GENE; LAEA GENE; METABOLIC REGULATION; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PASSALORA FULVA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; VEA GENE; WILD TYPE; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CLADOSPORIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHENOTYPE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECONDARY METABOLISM; TOMATO;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, FUNGAL; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHENOTYPE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SEQUENCE DELETION; SUCROSE;

EID: 84943523181     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2015.09.009     Document Type: Article

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