RNA sequencing analysis identifies the metabolic and developmental genes regulated by BbSNF1 during conidiation of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana

Current Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 143-152

  He, Pu Hong ^a   Wang, Xiu Xiu ^a   Chu, Xin Ling ^a   Feng, Ming Guang ^a   Ying, Sheng Hua ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amino acid metabolism; Beauveria bassiana; RNA sequencing; SNF1 kinase

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; SNF1-RELATED PROTEIN KINASES; TRANSCRIPTOME;

BEAUVERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MYCELIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BEAUVERIA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MYCELIUM; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84940008836     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: 14320983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-014-0462-x     Document Type: Article

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