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Overlapping and distinct functions of two Trichoderma virens MAP kinases in cell-wall integrity, antagonistic properties and repression of conidiation.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 6 Aug 2010
Kumar Ashish, Scher Keren, Mukherjee Mala, Pardovitz-Kedmi Ella, Sible George V, Singh Uma S, Kale Sharad P, Mukherjee Prasun K, Horwitz Benjamin A
Abstract excerpt
We have studied the functions of the Trichoderma virens TmkB, a homologue of the yeast cell-wall integrity MAP kinase Slt2, using gene knockout. The functions of TmkB were compared to those of the pathogenicity MAP kinase homologue (TmkA). Like the tmkA loss-of-function mutants, tmkB mutants exhibited reduced radial growth and constitutive conidiation in dark as well as in liquid shake cultures. The tmkB mutants,...
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