Chitinase in cucumber xylem sap

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1883-1885

  Masuda, Susumu ^a   Kamada, Hiroshi ^b   Satoh, Shinobu ^b  

^a Noda Institute for Scientific Research   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chitinase; Cucumber; Root; Xylem sap

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

CHITINASE; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CUCUMBER; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT ROOT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHITINASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PLANT ROOTS;

EID: 0035431507     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.65.1883     Document Type: Article

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