Purification and Characterization of Antifungal Chitinase from Pseudomonas sp. YHS-A2

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 107-113

  Lee, Han Seung ^a   Lee, Hyun Jung ^a   Choi, Sung Won ^a   Her, Song ^a   Oh, Doo Hwan ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antifungal; Chitinase; Endochitinase; Phytopathogenic fungi; Pseudomonas

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001427755     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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