A phosphorylated transcription factor regulates sterol biosynthesis in Fusarium graminearum

Zunyong Liu; Yunqing Jian; Yun Chen; H. Corby Kistler; Ping He; Zhonghua Ma; Yanni Yin

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09145-6

Nature Communications (Mar 2019)

A phosphorylated transcription factor regulates sterol biosynthesis in Fusarium graminearum

Zunyong Liu,
Yunqing Jian,
Yun Chen,
H. Corby Kistler,
Ping He,
Zhonghua Ma,
Yanni Yin

Affiliations

Zunyong Liu: State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Zhejiang University
Yunqing Jian: State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Zhejiang University
Yun Chen: State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Zhejiang University
H. Corby Kistler: United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service
Ping He: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University
Zhonghua Ma: State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Zhejiang University
Yanni Yin: State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Zhejiang University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09145-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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The fungus Fusarium graminearum is a pathogen of cereal crops. Here, Liu et al. identify a transcription factor that regulates sterol biosynthesis and virulence in this organism.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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