Basic leucine zipper (bZIP) domain transcription factor MBZ1 regulates cell wall integrity, spore adherence, and virulence in Metarhizium robertsii

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 290, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 8218-8231

  Huang, Wei ^a   Shang, Yanfang ^a   Chen, Peilin ^a   Cen, Kai ^a   Wang, Chengshu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; FUNGI; TRANSCRIPTION;

BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPERS (BZIP); CELL WALLS; DOMAIN TRANSCRIPTION; FUNGAL GROWTH; ORTHOLOGS; PATHOGENIC FUNGI;

TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CHITIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HETERODIMER; MBZ1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FUNGAL DNA; PROTEIN BINDING;

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL CELL WALL; FUNGAL CELL WALL INTEGRITY; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPOGENESIS; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ROBERTSII; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPORE ADHERENCE; SPOROGENESIS; ANIMAL; BOMBYX; CELL WALL; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LARVA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIRULENCE;

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; METARHIZIUM;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BINDING SITES; BOMBYX; CELL WALL; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; LARVA; METARHIZIUM; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84925764879     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.630939     Document Type: Article

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