Carbon catabolite repressor gene BbCre1 influences carbon source uptake but does not have a big impact on virulence in Beauveria bassiana

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 400-406

  Jin, Kai ^a,b   Luo, Zhibing ^a   Jiang, Xiaodong ^a   Zhang, Yongjun ^a   Zhou, Yonghong ^a   Pei, Yan ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BbCre1; Beauveria bassiana; Carbon catabolite repressor; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARBON; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; XYLOSE;

ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BEAUVERIA; CARBON; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ETHANOL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLUCOSE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRULENCE; XYLOSE;

APHIDIDAE; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI;

EID: 79751524623     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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