Glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase contributes to triacylglycerol biosynthesis, lipid droplet formation, and host invasion in Metarhizium robertsii

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 7646-7653

  Gao, Qiang ^a   Shang, Yanfang ^a   Huang, Wei ^a   Wang, Chengshu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FILAMENTOUS FUNGI; GENE DELETION MUTANTS; GLYCEROL PHOSPHATE; GLYCEROLIPID SYNTHESIS; RATE-LIMITING STEPS; TRIACYLGLYCEROLS;

ANIMALS; BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANES; GENES; YEAST;

GLYCEROL;

ANIMAL; BIOASSAY; DATA ACQUISITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; GLUCOSE; LIPID; PATHOGEN; YEAST;

GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; METARHIZIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLYCEROL-3-PHOSPHATE O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; INSECTS; LIPID METABOLISM; METARHIZIUM; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRIGLYCERIDES; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84888244171     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02905-13     Document Type: Article

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