An Antifungal Exo-α-1,3-Glucanase (AGN13.1) from the Biocontrol Fungus Trichoderma harzianum

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 5833-5839

  Ait Lahsen, Hassane ^a   Soler, Andrés ^a   Rey, Manuel ^a   De La Cruz, Jesús ^a   Monte, Enrique ^b   Llobell, Antonio ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c Universidad de Sevilla CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXO-1,3-ALPHA-GLUCANASE; EXOGLUCANASE; GLYCOSIDASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; TRICHODERMA;

ANTIBIOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FUNGI; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; RNA, MESSENGER; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 0035653505     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.12.5833-5839.2001     Document Type: Article

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