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A new manganese superoxide dismutase identified from Beauveria bassiana enhances virulence and stress tolerance when overexpressed in the fungal pathogen
A superoxide dismutase (SOD) was characterized from Beauveria bassiana, a fungal entomopathogen widely applied to insect control. This 209-aa enzyme (BbSod2) showed no more than 71% sequence identity to other fun...
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Production and characterization of interspecific somatic hybrids between Brassica oleracea var. botrytis and B. nigra and their progenies for the selection of advanced pre-breeding materials
Somatic hybridization is a potential method for gene transfer from wild relatives to cultivated crops that can overcome sexual incompatibilities of two distantly related species. In this study, interspecific a...
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Antioxidant activities of four superoxide dismutases in Metarhizium robertsii and their contributions to pest control potential
The superoxide dismutase (SOD) family of Metarhizium robertsii, a fungal insect pathogen, comprises six members functionally unknown yet, including Cu/ZnSODs (Sod1/5/6), MnSODs (Sod2/3), and FeSOD (Sod4). Here, w...
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Comparative genomics analysis of Nitriliruptoria reveals the genomic differences and salt adaptation strategies
The group Nitriliruptoria, recently classified as a separate class of phylum Actinobacteria, has five members at present, which belong to halophilic or halotolerant Actinobacteria. Here, we sequenced the genomes ...