Ambient pH is a major determinant in the expression of cuticle-degrading enzymes and hydrophobin by Metarhizium anisopliae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 709-713

  St Leger, Raymond J ^a,b   Joshi, Lokesh ^a   Roberts, Donald ^c  

^a United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; CHITINASE; ENZYME; METALLOPROTEINASE; SUBTILISIN; TRYPTASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ALKALINITY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PH; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SOFT TISSUE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BLATTARIA; FUNGI; INSECTA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE;

EID: 0031914193     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.2.709-713.1998     Document Type: Article

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