Improved production of Trichoderma harzianum endochitinase by expression in Trichoderma reesei

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2145-2151

  Margolles Clark, Emilio ^a   Hayes, Christopher K ^b   Harman, Gary E ^b   Penttilä, Merja ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPHOMYCETES; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029936389     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.6.2145-2151.1996     Document Type: Article

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