Production and purification of a chitinase from Ewingella americana, a recently described pathogen of the mushroom, Agaricus bisporus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 189-194

  Inglis, Peter W ^a   Peberdy, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chitinase; EC 3.2.1.14; Ewingella americana; Hydrophobic interaction chromatography; Mushroom disease

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; MUSHROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031431260     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00475-8     Document Type: Article

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