MrpacC regulates sporulation, insect cuticle penetration and immune evasion in Metarhizium robertsii

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 994-1008

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

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; HEXAPODA; METARHIZIUM;

CHITINASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNOLOGY; INSECT; METABOLISM; METARHIZIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PH; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALS; CELL WALL; CHITINASE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IMMUNE EVASION; INSECTS; METARHIZIUM; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84926408165     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12451     Document Type: Article

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