| Rank |
Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
|
West Nile virus infection rates in pooled and individual mosquito samples.
|
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis
|
2004
|
1.65
|
|
2
|
Increased insect virulence in Beauveria bassiana strains overexpressing an engineered chitinase.
|
Appl Environ Microbiol
|
2006
|
1.19
|
|
3
|
The insect-pathogenic fungus Metarhizium robertsii (Clavicipitaceae) is also an endophyte that stimulates plant root development.
|
Am J Bot
|
2011
|
1.19
|
|
4
|
Transformation of Metarhizium anisopliae mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens.
|
Can J Microbiol
|
2006
|
1.15
|
|
5
|
Expressing a fusion protein with protease and chitinase activities increases the virulence of the insect pathogen Beauveria bassiana.
|
J Invertebr Pathol
|
2009
|
1.13
|
|
6
|
Expression of genes involved in germination, conidiogenesis and pathogenesis in Metarhizium anisopliae using quantitative real-time RT-PCR.
|
Mycol Res
|
2006
|
1.10
|
|
7
|
Developing insect models for the study of current and emerging human pathogens.
|
FEMS Microbiol Lett
|
2006
|
0.98
|
|
8
|
Three sympatrically occurring species of Metarhizium show plant rhizosphere specificity.
|
Microbiology
|
2011
|
0.98
|
|
9
|
Microsatellite analysis of environmental and clinical isolates of the opportunist fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus.
|
J Med Microbiol
|
2002
|
0.98
|
|
10
|
Serial passage of the opportunistic pathogen Aspergillus flavus through an insect host yields decreased saprobic capacity.
|
Can J Microbiol
|
2005
|
0.93
|
|
11
|
Attenuation of fungal infection in thermoregulating Locusta migratoria is accompanied by changes in hemolymph proteins.
|
J Invertebr Pathol
|
2002
|
0.92
|
|
12
|
A laccase exclusively expressed by Metarhizium anisopliae during isotropic growth is involved in pigmentation, tolerance to abiotic stresses and virulence.
|
Fungal Genet Biol
|
2010
|
0.92
|
|
13
|
A regulator of a G protein signalling (RGS) gene, cag8, from the insect-pathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae is involved in conidiation, virulence and hydrophobin synthesis.
|
Microbiology
|
2007
|
0.91
|
|
14
|
Ubiquity of insect-derived nitrogen transfer to plants by endophytic insect-pathogenic fungi: an additional branch of the soil nitrogen cycle.
|
Appl Environ Microbiol
|
2013
|
0.88
|
|
15
|
Psc-AFP, an antifungal protein with trypsin inhibitor activity from Psoralea corylifolia seeds.
|
Peptides
|
2006
|
0.86
|
|
16
|
Differential expression of insect and plant specific adhesin genes, Mad1 and Mad2, in Metarhizium robertsii.
|
Fungal Biol
|
2011
|
0.85
|
|
17
|
Up-regulation of Prl, a subtilisin-like protease, during conidiation in the insect pathogen Metarhizium anisopliae.
|
Mycol Res
|
2005
|
0.84
|
|
18
|
Implication of a regulator of G protein signalling (BbRGS1) in conidiation and conidial thermotolerance of the insect pathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana.
|
FEMS Microbiol Lett
|
2008
|
0.84
|
|
19
|
Nutrient transfer to plants by phylogenetically diverse fungi suggests convergent evolutionary strategies in rhizospheric symbionts.
|
Commun Integr Biol
|
2013
|
0.82
|
|
20
|
The host acts as a genetic bottleneck during serial infections: an insect-fungal model system.
|
Curr Genet
|
2006
|
0.82
|
|
21
|
Flexible metabolism in Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana: role of the glyoxylate cycle during insect pathogenesis.
|
Microbiology
|
2010
|
0.81
|
|
22
|
A cysteine/methionine auxotroph of the opportunistic fungus Aspergillus flavus is associated with host-range restriction: a model for emerging diseases.
|
Microbiology
|
2006
|
0.80
|
|
23
|
Nucleotide sequence variation does not relate to differences in kinetic properties of neutral trehalase from the insect pathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae.
|
Curr Microbiol
|
2004
|
0.78
|
|
24
|
Directed evolution for increased chitinase activity.
|
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol
|
2007
|
0.77
|
|
25
|
Potential agricultural benefits through biotechnological manipulation of plant fungal associations.
|
Bioessays
|
2013
|
0.76
|
|
26
|
Variability in the insect and plant adhesins, Mad1 and Mad2, within the fungal genus metarhizium suggest plant adaptation as an evolutionary force.
|
PLoS One
|
2013
|
0.76
|
|
27
|
An alternative insect pathogenic strategy in an Aspergillus flavus auxotroph.
|
Mycol Res
|
2008
|
0.76
|
|
28
|
Protein analysis in a pleomorphically deteriorated strain of the insect-pathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae.
|
Can J Microbiol
|
2002
|
0.75
|
|
29
|
A PCR-based method to identify Entomophaga spp. infections in North American grasshoppers.
|
J Invertebr Pathol
|
2011
|
0.75
|