Cloning and characterization of a chitosanase gene from the plant pathogenic fungus Fusarium solani

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 426-431

  Shimosaka, Makoto ^a   Kumehara, Masanori ^a   Zhang, Xiao Yono ^a   Nogawa, Masahiro ^a   Okazaki, Mitsuo ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

chitosanase; Fusarium solani; gene cloning

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; DNA FRAGMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSARIUM SOLANI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; OPEN READING FRAME; PLANT; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

FUSARIUM SOLANI;

EID: 0030471612     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-338X(97)86977-2     Document Type: Article

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