Purification and properties of a basic endo-β-1,6-glucanase (BGN16.1) from the antagonistic fungus Trichoderma harzianum

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 265, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 145-151

  De La Cruz, Jesús ^a   Llobell, Antonio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b Universidad de Sevilla CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

glucanases; Antagonism; Fungal cell wall; Trichoderma

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCAN HYDROLASE; CELLULASE; CHITIN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM;

ANTIBIOSIS; CELL WALL; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HEAT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRICHODERMA;

FUNGI; HYPOCREA LIXII; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 0033215006     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00698.x     Document Type: Article

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