MaMk1, a FUS3/KSS1-type mitogen-activated protein kinase gene, is required for appressorium formation, and insect cuticle penetration of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium acridum

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 68-75

  Jin, Kai ^a,b,c   Han, Lirong ^d   Xia, Yuxian ^a,b,c  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chongqing Engineering Research Center for Fungal Insecticides   (China)

^c Chongqing Key Laboratory of Catalysis and New Environmental Materials   (China)

^d NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Appressorium formation; Fus3 Kss1 type MAPK; MaMk1; Metarhizium acridum; Penetration; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ACRIDIDAE; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; METARHIZIUM; ORTHOPTERA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

FUNGAL PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL; APPRESSORIUM FORMATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CAELIFERA; FUNGAL GENE; FUS3/KSS1-TYPE MAPK; GENETICS; MAMK1; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ACRIDUM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PENETRATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

APPRESSORIUM FORMATION; FUS3/KSS1-TYPE MAPK; MAMK1; METARHIZIUM ACRIDUM; PENETRATION; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GRASSHOPPERS; METARHIZIUM; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84888087648     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2013.10.014     Document Type: Article

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