A laccase exclusively expressed by Metarhizium anisopliae during isotropic growth is involved in pigmentation, tolerance to abiotic stresses and virulence

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 602-607

  Fang, Weiguo ^a   Fernandes, Éverton K K ^b   Roberts, Donald W ^b   Bidochka, Michael J ^c   St Leger, Raymond J ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Laccase; Metarhizium anisopliae; Pathogenesis; Pigmentation

Indexed keywords

LACCASE; PROTEIN MLAC1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARTICLE; CONIDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE EXPRESSION; GREEN MUSCARDINE; HEAT SHOCK; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; INSECTS; LACCASE; METARHIZIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PIGMENTATION; SPORES, FUNGAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; VIRULENCE;

FUNGI; HEXAPODA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE;

EID: 77953536919     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2010.03.011     Document Type: Article

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