LaeA and VeA are involved in growth morphology, asexual development, and mycotoxin production in Alternaria alternata

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 238, Issue , 2016, Pages 153-164

  Estiarte, N ^a   Lawrence, C B ^b   Sanchis, V ^a   Ramos, A J ^a   Crespo Sempere, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternaria alternata; AME; AOH; LaeA; VeA; Velvet complex

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIOL; ALTERNARIOL MONOMETHYL ETHER; FUNGAL PROTEIN; LAEA PROTEIN; MYCOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEA PROTEIN; LACTONE;

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGAL PLANT DISEASE; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE CONTROL; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MELANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MYCELIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PROMOTER REGION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPOROGENESIS; TOMATO; UPREGULATION; ALTERNARIA; ANIMAL; FRUIT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; VIRULENCE;

ALTERNARIA; ANIMALS; FRUIT; FUNGAL PROTEINS; LACTONES; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MYCOTOXINS; PLANT DISEASES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84988028282     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2016.09.003     Document Type: Article

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