Polysaccharide hydrolases in germinated barley and their role in the depolymerization of plant and fungal cell walls

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 67-72

  Hrmova, Maria ^a   Banik, Mitali ^a   Harvey, Andrew J ^a   Garrett, Thomas P J ^b   Varghese, Jose N ^b   Høj, Peter B ^a   Fincher, Geoffrey B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

(1 4) Xylan endohydrolases; Pathogenesis related proteins; Plant cell walls; l arabinofuranosidases; Glucan endohydrolases; Glucan exohydrolases

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ARABINOFURANOSIDASE; ARABINOXYLAN; BETA GLUCAN; BETA GLUCAN HYDROLASE; BETA XYLAN ENDOHYDROLASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUCOSE; HYDROLASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BARLEY; CELL WALL; DEGRADATION; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FUNGUS; GENE ISOLATION; MOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLANT CELL; SOLUBILIZATION;

FUNGI; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 0030879874     PISSN: 01418130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-8130(97)00043-3     Document Type: Article

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