Mycoparasitic species of Trichoderma produce lectins

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 141-146

  Neethling, Diane ^a   Nevalainen, Helena ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lectins; Mycoparasitism; Trichoderma

Indexed keywords

LECTIN; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS CULTURE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HYPHOMYCETES; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; HYPOCREA LIXII; METATHERIA; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA VIRIDE;

EID: 0029943770     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m96-022     Document Type: Article

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