Ablation of the creA regulator results in amino acid toxicity, temperature sensitivity, pleiotropic effects on cellular development and loss of virulence in the filamentous fungus Beauveria bassiana

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1122-1136

  Luo, Zhibing ^a,b   Qin, Yuqi ^b   Pei, Yan ^a   Keyhani, Nemat O ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA;

AMINO ACID; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; GENETICS; LARVA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTH; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BEAUVERIA; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; LARVA; LIPASE; MOTHS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; TEMPERATURE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84898058004     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12352     Document Type: Article

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