Substrate specificities of tobacco chitinases

Plant Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 225-234

  Brunner, Frédéric ^a   Stintzi, Annick ^a   Fritig, Bernard ^a   Legrand, Michel ^a  

^a INST DE BIOL MOLEC DES PLANTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLUS GALLUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 0032052151     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1998.00116.x     Document Type: Article

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