The autophagy gene BbATG5, involved in the formation of the autophagosome, contributes to cell differentiation and growth but is dispensable for pathogenesis in the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 243-252

  Zhang, Lei ^a   Wang, Jie ^a   Xie, Xue Qin ^a   Keyhani, Nemat O ^b   Feng, Ming Guang ^a   Ying, Sheng Hua ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPHAGY PROTEIN 5;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGOSOME; AUTOPHAGY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BBATG5 GENE; BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGUS; FUNGAL GENE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DOSAGE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPODOPTERA LITURA; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; AUTOPHAGY; BEAUVERIA; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHAGOSOMES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPODOPTERA; SPORES, FUNGAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84873660084     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.062646-0     Document Type: Article

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