Overexpression of a cuticle-degrading protease Ver112 increases the nematicidal activity of Paecilomyces lilacinus

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1895-1903

  Yang, Jinkui ^a   Zhao, Xuna ^a   Liang, Lianming ^a   Xia, Zhenyuan ^b   Lei, Liping ^b   Niu, Xuemei ^a   Zou, Chenggang ^a   Zhang, Ke Qin ^a  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Nematicidal activity; Nematophagous fungi; Paecilomyces lilacinus; REMI transformation; Serine protease

Indexed keywords

NEMATICIDAL ACTIVITY; NEMATOPHAGOUS FUNGI; PAECILOMYCES LILACINUS; REMI TRANSFORMATION; SERINE PROTEASE;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCONTROL; FUNGI; GENES; TRANSCRIPTION;

HYDROLASES;

FUNGAL PROTEIN; PSP 3 PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; TUB PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VER112 PROTEIN;

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIODEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FILTRATION; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NEMATODE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; TRANSFORMATION; VIRULENCE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAECILOMYCES LILACINUS; PANAGRELLUS REDIVIVUS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; PAECILOMYCES; RHABDITIDA; SERINE PROTEASES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FUNGI; LECANICILLIUM PSALLIOTAE; NEMATODA; PAECILOMYCES LILACINUS; PANAGRELLUS REDIVIVUS;

EID: 79952574503     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-010-3012-6     Document Type: Article

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