Purification and characterization of an endopolygalacturonase from the rough lemon pathotype of Alternaria alternata, the cause of citrus brown spot disease

Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 155-167

  Isshiki, A ^a   Akimitsu, K ^a   Nishio, K ^a   Tsukamoto, M ^a   Yamamoto, H ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0031418343     PISSN: 08855765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmpp.1997.0106     Document Type: Article

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