Purification and characterization of two endopolygalacturonases secreted during the early stages of the saprophytic growth of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 133-138

  Martel, Marie Bénédicte ^a   Létoublon, Robert ^a   Fèvre, Michel ^a  

^a CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Polygalacturonase; Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

Indexed keywords

POLYGALACTURONASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME RELEASE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FUNGI; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM;

EID: 0031936749     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00513-2     Document Type: Article

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