A Signaling-Regulated, Short-Chain Dehydrogenase of Stagonospora nodorum Regulates Asexual Development

Tan, Kar-Chun; Heazlewood, Joshua; Millar, A. Harvey; Thomson, Gordon; Oliver, Richard Peter; Solomon, Peter

A Signaling-Regulated, Short-Chain Dehydrogenase of Stagonospora nodorum Regulates Asexual Development

Date

2008

Authors

Tan, Kar-Chun

Heazlewood, Joshua

Millar, A. Harvey

Thomson, Gordon

Oliver, Richard Peter

Solomon, Peter

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Abstract

The fungus Stagonospora nodorum is a causal agent of leaf and glume blotch disease of wheat. It has been previously shown that inactivation of heterotrimeric G protein signaling in Stagonospora nodorum caused development defects and reduced pathogenicity