Wee1 and Cdc25 control morphogenesis, virulence and multistress tolerance of Beauveria bassiana by balancing cell cycle-required cyclin-dependent kinase 1 activity

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1119-1133

  Qiu, Lei ^a   Wang, Juan Juan ^a   Ying, Sheng Hua ^a   Feng, Ming Guang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI;

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 1; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE;

BEAUVERIA; CELL CYCLE; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; VIRULENCE;

BEAUVERIA; CDC2 PROTEIN KINASE; CDC25 PHOSPHATASES; CELL CYCLE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HYPHAE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; SPORES, FUNGAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84926422140     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12530     Document Type: Article

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