Polygalacturonase isolated from the culture of the psychrophilic fungus Sclerotinia borealis

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 417-424

  Takasawa, Toshihide ^a   Sagisaka, Keiko ^a   Yagi, Koichi ^b   Uchiyama, Kyoko ^b   Aoki, Atsushi ^b   Takaoka, Kyo ^b   Yamamato, Katsuhiro ^c  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b DAIICHI SANKYO CO   (Japan)

^c RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pectin hydrolyzing enzyme; Polygalacturonase; Psychrophilic fungi; Sclerotinia borealis; Snow mold disease

Indexed keywords

PECTIN; POLYGALACTURONASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; FUNGUS; HYDROLYSIS; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOSITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; SCLEROTINIA BOREALIS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0030747944     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m97-059     Document Type: Article

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