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Three Small Cysteine-Free Proteins (CFP1–3) Are Required for Insect-Pathogenic Lifestyle of Metarhizium robertsii
- Ya-Ni Mou,
- Kang Ren,
- Si-Yuan Xu,
- Sheng-Hua Ying and
- Ming-Guang Feng
Unique CFP (cysteine-free protein; 120 aa) has been identified as an extraordinary virulence factor in Beauveria bassiana (Cordycipitaceae), a main source of wide-spectrum fungal insecticides. Its homologs exclusively exist in wide-spectrum insect pa...

