Structural and evolutionary relationships among chitinases of flowering plants

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 614-624

  Hamel, Francine ^a   Boivin, Rodolphe ^a   Tremblay, Colette ^a   Bellemare, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Class I, II, III, and IV; Dicots; Endochitinase evolution; Monocots; Nuclear genes; PR proteins

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHITINASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

DICOTYLEDONEAE; LILIOPSIDA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0030909499     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006184     Document Type: Article

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