Mechanisms relevant to the enhanced virulence of a dihydroxynaphthalene- melanin metabolically engineered entomopathogen

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Tseng, Min Nan ^a,b   Chung, Chia Ling ^a   Tzean, Shean Shong ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; DESTRUXIN; MELANIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE; PROTEINASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; 1,8-DIHYDROXYNAPHTHALENE MELANIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NAPHTHOL DERIVATIVE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; COWPEA APHID; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGUS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GERMINATION; HOST RANGE; HYDROLYSIS; INNATE IMMUNITY; INSECT GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; MOTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLLOTRETA STRIOLATA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SILVERLEAF WHITEFLY; STRESS; TURGOR PRESSURE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; INSECT; METABOLISM; METARHIZIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROLYSIS; INSECTS; MELANINS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METARHIZIUM; NAPHTHOLS; NITROPRUSSIDE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84899728884     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090473     Document Type: Article

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