Inhibition by polyphosphate of phytopathogenic polygalacturonases from Botrytis cinerea

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 835-840

  Meller Harel, Yael ^a   Argaman, Anat ^a   Ben Bashat, Dafna ^a   Navon, Gil ^a   Aharonowitz, Yair ^a   Gutnick, David ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

31P NMR; Botrytis cinerea; Polygalacturonase; Polyphosphate; Streptomyces

Indexed keywords

POLYGALACTURONASE; POLYPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FUNGUS; IN VITRO STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOMYCES; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; FUNGI; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES SP.;

EID: 0030666497     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m97-121     Document Type: Article

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