Purification and characterization of α-chaconinase of Gibberella pulicaris

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 197-202

  Becker, Petra ^a   Weltring, Klaus Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chaconine; Fungal metabolism; Fusarium; Phytoanticipin; Saponin

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; SAPONIN; SOLANINE; TOMATINE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FUSARIUM; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031756811     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00390-5     Document Type: Article

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