Antifungal activity of rye (secale cereale) seed chitinases: The different binding manner of class i and class ii chitinases to the fungal cell walls

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 970-977

  Taira, Toki ^a   Ohnuma, Takayuki ^b   Yamagami, Takeshi ^b   Aso, Yoichi ^b   Ishiguro, Masatsune ^b   Ishihara, Masanobu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Chitin binding protein; Chitinase; Fungal cell wall; Rye seeds

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; SECALE CEREALE; TRICHODERMA;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CHITINASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; OSMOLARITY; PH; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN BINDING; RYE; TRICHODERMA;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BINDING SITES; CHITINASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROTEIN BINDING; SECALE CEREALE; SEEDS; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 0036561178     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.66.970     Document Type: Article

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