Purification and characterization of an exo-polygalacturonase from the tomato vascular wilt pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f.Sp. Lycopersici

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 295-299

  Di Pietro, Antonio ^a   Roncero, M Isabel G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Exopolygalacturonase; Fusarium oxysporum; Purification

Indexed keywords

POLYGALACTURONASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOMATO;

ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FOOD ADDITIVES; FUSARIUM; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PECTINS; PLANT PROTEINS;

CITRUS; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0030561473     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(96)00427-2     Document Type: Article

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