The bZip Transcription Factor VdMRTF1 is a Negative Regulator of Melanin Biosynthesis and Virulence in Verticillium dahliae

The bZip Transcription Factor VdMRTF1 is a Negative Regulator of Melanin Biosynthesis and Virulence in Verticillium dahliae

ABSTRACT The ascomycete fungus Verticillium dahliae infects over 400 plant species and causes serious losses of economically important crops, such as cotton and tomato, and also of woody plants, such as smoke tree, maple, and olive. Melanized long-term survival structures known as microsclerotia pla...

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Main Authors: Meijun Lai, Zhuo Cheng, Luyao Xiao, Steven J. Klosterman, Yonglin Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-04-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
bZip transcription factor
VdMRTF1
Verticillium dahliae
melanized microsclerotia
virulence
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02581-21

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