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The Ifchit1 chitinase gene acts as a critical virulence factor in the insect pathogenic fungus Isaria fumosorosea.
Applied microbiology and biotechnology - 1 Jun 2016
Huang Zhen, Hao Yongfen, Gao Tianni, Huang Yü, Ren Shunxiang, Keyhani Nemat O
Abstract excerpt
The filamentous fungus, Isaria fumosorosea, is a promising insect biological control agent. Chitinases have been implicated in targeting insect cuticle structures, with biotechnological potential in insect and fungal control. The I. fumosorosea chitinase gene, Ifchit1, was isolated and determined to encode a polypeptide of 423 amino acids (46 kDa, pI = 6.53), present as a single copy in the I. fumosorosea genome....
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