Purification and characterization of an extracellular chitinase from the entomopathogen Metarhizium anisopliae

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 322-327

  De Pintö, Alexandre Siqueira ^a   Barreto, Cristine Chaves ^b   Schrank, Augusto ^c   Marilene, Henning Vainstein ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

chitinases; enzyme characterization; enzyme purification; Metarhizium anisopliae

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITINASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE;

EID: 0030917623     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m97-045     Document Type: Article

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