Insertion of an esterase gene into a specific locust pathogen (Metarhizium acridum) enables it to infect caterpillars

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Sibao ^a,c   Fang, Weiguo ^a   Wang, Chengshu ^b   St Leger, Raymond J ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE; FAT DROPLET; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; CATERPILLAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GRASSHOPPER; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LIPID STORAGE; MEST1 GENE; METARHIZIUM ACRIDUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; DEUTEROMYCETES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LEPIDOPTERA; LIPID METABOLISM; METARHIZIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; TRANSGENE;

ACRIDIDAE; FUNGI; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MANDUCA SEXTA; MELANOPLUS FEMURRUBRUM; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE VAR. ANISOPLIAE;

ANIMALS; ESTERASES; GRASSHOPPERS; LIPID MOBILIZATION; MANDUCA; METARHIZIUM; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MYCOSES; TRANSGENES;

EID: 79959830272     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002097     Document Type: Article

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