Fungal cell-wall polysaccharides elicit an antifungal secondary metabolite (Phytoalexin) in the cyanobacterium Scytonema ocellatum

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 54-60

  Patterson, Gregory M L ^a   Bolis, Christine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Chitin; Cyanophyte; Cytotoxin; Elicitor; Polyketide

Indexed keywords

CALONECTRIA SPATHIPHYLLI; CYANOBACTERIA; CYLINDROCLADIUM; PENICILLIUM; SCYTONEMA OCELLATUM;

EID: 0030966447     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1997.00054.x     Document Type: Article

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