The MAD1 adhesin of Metarhizium anisopliae links adhesion with blastospore production and virulence to insects, and the MAD2 adhesin enables attachment to plants

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 808-816

  Wang, Chengshu ^a,b   St Leger, Raymond J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIVISION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; INSECT; METABOLISM; METARHIZIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETON; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECTS; METARHIZIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLANTS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VIRULENCE;

FUNGI; HEXAPODA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 34249744631     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00409-06     Document Type: Article

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