Assignment of a PCR-amplified chitinase sequence cloned from Trichoderma hamatum to resolved chromosomes of potential biocontrol species of Trichoderma

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 385-391

  Fekete, Csaba ^a   Weszely, Tamás ^a   Hornok, László ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

chitinase; gene; karyotype; Trichoderma

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; HYPHOMYCETES; KARYOTYPE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHITINASE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; INTRONS; KARYOTYPING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRICHODERMA;

HYPHOMYCETES; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA HAMATUM;

EID: 0030589658     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(96)00436-3     Document Type: Article

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