Evolution of structural diversity of trichothecenes, a family of toxins produced by plant pathogenic and entomopathogenic fungi

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2018, Pages

  Proctor, Robert H ^a   McCormick, Susan P ^a   Kim, Hye Seon ^a   Cardoza, Rosa E ^b   Stanley, April M ^a   Lindo, Laura ^b   Kelly, Amy ^a   Brown, Daren W ^a   Lee, Theresa ^c   Vaughan, Martha M ^a   Alexander, Nancy J ^a   Busman, Mark ^a   Gutierrez S ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^c National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOTOXIN; TRICHOTHECENE; TRICHOTHECENE DERIVATIVE; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGUS; FUSARIUM; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; LECANICILLIUM LECANII; MYROTHECIUM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM; TRI GENE; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA ARUNDINACEUM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING;

DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENOMICS; MYCOTOXINS; PHYLOGENY; TRICHODERMA; TRICHOTHECENES;

EID: 85046493370     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006946     Document Type: Article

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