Purification and characterization of a Bacillus cereus collagenolytic/proteolytic enzyme and its effect on Meloidogyne javanica cuticular proteins

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-67

  Sela, Sigal ^a   Schickler, Hedva ^b   Chet, Ilan ^b   Spiegel, Yitzhak ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Collagen; Collagenase; Cuticle; Meloidogyne; Protease

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BACILLUS CEREUS; MELOIDOGYNE JAVANICA;

EID: 0031977211     PISSN: 09291873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008643414691     Document Type: Article

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