Boophilus microplus infection by Beauveria amorpha and Beauveria bassiana: SEM analysis and regulation of subtilisin-like proteases and chitinases

Current Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 257-261

  Campos, Roberta Alvares ^a   Arruda, Walquíria ^b   Boldo, Juliano Tomazzoni ^a   Da Silva, Márcia Vanusa ^b   De Barros, Neiva Monteiro ^a   De Azevedo, João Lúcio ^a   Schrank, Augusto ^b   Vainstein, Marilene Henning ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITINASE; PROTEINASE; SUBTILISIN LIKE PROTEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA; BEAUVERIA AMORPHA; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; CARBON SOURCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; ENZYME RELEASE; FEMALE; FUNGUS GROWTH; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; CHITIN; CHITINASE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PEST CONTROL; TICKS;

ACARI; AMORPHA; ARTHROPODA; BASSIANA; BEAUVERIA AMORPHA; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 21044441541     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-004-4460-y     Document Type: Article

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