Calcineurin modulates growth, stress tolerance, and virulence in Metarhizium acridum and its regulatory network

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 98, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 8253-8265

  Cao, Yueqing ^a,b,c   Du, Minjie ^a,b,c   Luo, Sha ^a,b,c   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)

Author keywords

Calcineurin; Entomopathogenic fungus; Growth; Morphogenesis; Pathogenicity; Stress tolerance

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ENZYMES; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH (MATERIALS); IRRADIATION; SURVEYS;

CALCINEURIN; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGUS; MORPHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; STRESS TOLERANCE;

CYTOLOGY;

CALCINEURIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; METABOLISM; METARHIZIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CALCINEURIN; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; METARHIZIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SPORES, FUNGAL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84920259608     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-5876-3     Document Type: Article

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