Interaction of Ammonium, Glucose, and Chitin Regulates the Expression of Cell Wall-Degrading Enzymes in Trichoderma atroviride Strain P1

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 5643-5647

  Donzelli, Bruno Giuliano Garisto ^a   Harman, Gary E ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; CHITIN; CHITINASE; GLUCAN 1,3 BETA GLUCOSIDASE; GLUCAN 1,3-BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; GLUCOSE; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; TRICHODERMA;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; CELL WALL; CHITIN; CHITINASE; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLUCOSE; HEXOSAMINIDASES; NITROGEN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 0035654181     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.12.5643-5647.2001     Document Type: Article

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