Biological and biochemical studies on the 'basic' isoenzyme of endo-polygalacturonase secreted by Monilinia fructigena

Mycological Research

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1183-1189

  Snape, M M ^a,b   Fielding, A H ^a,c   Byrde, R J W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Ms M M Brown

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONILINIA FRUCTIGENA;

EID: 0031420460     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756297003766     Document Type: Article

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