CHS2, a chitin synthase gene from the oomycete Saprolegnia monoica

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2009-2020

  Mort Bontemps, Maryline ^a   Gay, Lucien ^a   Fèvre, Michel ^a  

^a CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Chitin synthases; Immunodetection; Oomycetes; Saprolegnia monoica

Indexed keywords

CHITIN SYNTHASE; ENZYME ANTIBODY; FUNGAL DNA; MEMBRANE ENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOMYCETES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPLAST; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACHLYA AMBISEXUALIS; FUNGI; OOMYCETES; PHYTOPHTHORA CAPSICI; SAPROLEGNIA MONOICA;

EID: 0030794027     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-6-2009     Document Type: Article

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