Interplay between calcineurin and the Slt2 MAP-kinase in mediating cell wall integrity, conidiation and virulence in the insect fungal pathogen Beauveria bassiana

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 83, Issue , 2015, Pages 78-91

  Huang, Shuaishuai ^a   He, Zhangjiang ^a   Zhang, Shiwei ^a   Keyhani, Nemat O ^b   Song, Yulin ^a   Yang, Zhi ^a   Jiang, Yahui ^a   Zhang, Wenli ^c   Pei, Yan ^a   Zhang, Yongjun ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NORTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Calcineurin; Cell wall integrity; Conidiation; Slt2 MAP kinase; Virulence

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN; CALCOFLUOR WHITE; CONGO RED; DYE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN SLT2; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SORBITOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; FUNGAL CELL WALL; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BEAUVERIA; CELL WALL; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; INSECT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BEAUVERIA; CALCINEURIN; CELL WALL; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYPHAE; INSECTS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; SPORES, FUNGAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84940512132     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2015.08.009     Document Type: Article

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