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Host-to-Pathogen Gene Transfer Facilitated Infection of Insects by a Pathogenic Fungus

Metarhizium robertsii is a plant root colonizing fungus that is also an insect pathogen. Its entomopathogenicity is a characteristic that was acquired during evolution from a plant endophyte ancestor. This transition provides a novel perspective on how new functional mechanisms important for host sw...

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Autores principales: Zhao, Hong, Xu, Chuan, Lu, Hsiao-Ling, Chen, Xiaoxuan, St. Leger, Raymond J., Fang, Weiguo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3983072/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24722668
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1004009