Role of the Trichoderma harzianum endochitinase gene, ech42, in mycoparasitism

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 929-935

  Carsolio, Carolina ^a   Benhamou, Nicole ^b   Haran, Shoshan ^c   Cortés, Carlos ^a   Gutiérrez, Ana ^a   Chet, Ilan ^c   Herrera Estrella, Alfredo ^a,d  

^a Plant Biotech and Genetic Eng Unit   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d Unidad   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITINASE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITISM; PLASMID; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM;

SCLEROTIUM ROLFSII; TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM;

EID: 0032984965     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.3.929-935.1999     Document Type: Article

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