Analysis of the ergosterol biosynthesis pathway cloning, molecular characterization and phylogeny of lanosterol 14α-demethylase (ERG11) gene of Moniliophthora perniciosa

The phytopathogenic fungus Moniliophthora perniciosa (Stahel) Aime & Philips-Mora, causal agent of witches' broom disease of cocoa, causes countless damage to cocoa production in Brazil. Molecular studies have attempted to identify genes that play important roles in fungal survival and viru...

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Main Authors: Geruza de Oliveira Ceita, Laurival Antônio Vilas-Boas, Marcelo Santos Castilho, Marcelo Falsarella Carazzolle, Carlos Priminho Pirovani, Alessandra Selbach-Schnadelbach, Karina Peres Gramacho, Pablo Ivan Pereira Ramos, Luciana Veiga Barbosa, Gonçalo Amarante Guimarães Pereira, Aristóteles Góes-Neto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2014-11-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572014000500011&tlng=en