Effects of double-stranded RNA in Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum and Paecilomyces fumosoroseus on protease activities, conidia production, and virulence

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 335-339

  Tiago, Patricia Vieira ^a   Fungaro, Maria Helena Pelegrinelli ^a   De Faria, Marcos Rodrigues ^b   Furlaneto, Marcia Cristina ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conidia production; Double stranded RNA (dsRNA); Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum; Paecilomyces fumosoroseus; Proteases; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CORRELATION METHODS; ENZYMES; RNA;

INFECTIONS; ISOGENIC STRAINS; PROTEASE ACTIVITY;

MICROBIOLOGY;

CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; PROTEINASE; SUBTILISIN;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CUTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GRASSHOPPER; HEMIPTERA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PAECILOMYCES; PAECILOMYCES FUMOSOROSEUS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SPOROGENESIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; CASEINS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GRASSHOPPERS; HEMIPTERA; HYPOCREALES; INSECT PROTEINS; PAECILOMYCES; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; SPORES, FUNGAL; VIRULENCE;

EUSCHISTUS; FUNGI; HEMIPTERA; HEROS; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE VAR. ACRIDUM; NEZARA; NEZARA VIRIDULA; PAECILOMYCES; PAECILOMYCES FUMOSOROSEUS; PENTATOMIDAE;

EID: 3442900236     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w04-023     Document Type: Article

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