Evidence for a constitutive cytoplasmic cutinase in ungerminated conidia of Botrytis cinerea Pers.: Fr.

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-92

  Gindro, Katia ^a   Pezet, Roger ^a  

^a Swiss Federal Agricultural Research Station Agroscope Cadenazzo   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3H Cutin; Botrytis cinerea; Cutinase; Esterase

Indexed keywords

CUTINASE; ESTERASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030896069     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00060-8     Document Type: Article

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