Some fungi express β-1,3-glucanases similar to thaumatin-like proteins

Mycologia

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 841-848

  Grenier, Jean ^a   Potvin, Claude ^a   Asselin, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allergen; Antifungal; Basidiomycetes; Binding; Driselase; Edible mushrooms; Lysing enzymes; Pathogenesis related proteins; Shiitake; Vegetables; Yeast

Indexed keywords

AGARICUS BISPORUS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; IRPEX LACTEUS; LENTINULA EDODES; LENTINUS; RHIZOCTONIA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 0001207381     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3761579     Document Type: Article

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