Genome sequence, comparative analysis, and evolutionary insights into chitinases of entomopathogenic fungus Hirsutella thompsonii

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 916-930

  Agrawal, Yamini ^a   Khatri, Indu ^a   Subramanian, Srikrishna ^a   Shenoy, Belle Damodara ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Glycoside hydrolase family 18; Mycoinsecticide; Pathogen host interactions; Phylogenetic classification; Subgroups A, B, and C

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; TRANSPOSON;

BEAUVERIA; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGAL GENOME; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HYPOCREALES; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SECONDARY METABOLISM; TRANSPOSON;

BEAUVERIA; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHITINASE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, FUNGAL; GENOMICS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HYPOCREALES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SECONDARY METABOLISM;

EID: 84942109561     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evv037     Document Type: Article

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