A putative methyltransferase, mtrA, Contributes to development, Spore viability, Protein secretion and virulence in the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 160, Issue , 2014, Pages 2526-2537

  Qin, Yuqi ^a,b   Ortiz Urquiza, Almudena ^b   Keyhani, Nemat O ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAZOLENE SODIUM; BBMTRA METHYLTRANSFERASE; FORMIC ACID; FUNGAL ENZYME; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; GLYCOSIDASE; HYDROPHOBIN; LACTIC ACID; MANNITOL; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PEPTIDASE; PROTEINASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TREHALOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS SPORE; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; LIQUID CULTURE; MICROSCOPY; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLEIOTROPY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BEAUVERIA; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BEAUVERIA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; SPORES, FUNGAL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84932125466     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.078469-0     Document Type: Article

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