Effect of Nikkomycin Z, a chitin-synthase inhibitor, on hyphal growth and cell wall structure of two arbuscular-mycorrhizal fungi

Protoplasma

Volumn 192, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 80-92

  Bago, B ^a   Chamberland, H ^a   Goulet, A ^a   Vierheilig, H ^a   Lafontaine, J G ^a   Piche Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Chitin; Chitin synthase; Fungal cell wall; Fungal morphogenesis; Nikkomycin Z

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE; FUNGI; GIGASPORA MARGARITA; GLOMUS INTRARADICES; MARGARITES;

EID: 0003140843     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01273247     Document Type: Article

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