Leaf-cutting ant fungi produce cell wall degrading pectinase complexes reminiscent of phytopathogenic fungi

BMC Biology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Schiøtt, Morten ^a   Rogowska Wrzesinska, Adelina ^b   Roepstorff, Peter ^b   Boomsma, Jacobus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROMYRMEX; ACROMYRMEX ECHINATIOR; ATTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; LEUCOCOPRINUS;

MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; POLYGALACTURONASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; FECES; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS; GENETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SYMBIOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTS; CELL WALL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FECES; FUNGI; GENES, FUNGAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PLANT LEAVES; POLYGALACTURONASE; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 78650672416     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-8-156     Document Type: Article

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