What's new in chitinase research?

Experientia

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 1992, Pages 701-716

  Flach, J ^a   Pilet, P E ^a   Jolles P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

bacterial chitinases; Chitinase; fungal chitinases; plant chitinases

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE;

BACTERIUM; FISH; FUNGUS; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHITINASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENES, STRUCTURAL, BACTERIAL; GENES, STRUCTURAL, FUNGAL; GENES, STRUCTURAL, PLANT; INSECTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 0026709204     PISSN: 00144754     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02124285     Document Type: Review

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