Expression regulation of the endochitinase chit36 from Trichoderma asperellum (T. harzianum T-203)

Current Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 114-122

  Viterbo, Ada ^a   Montero, Manuel ^b,c   Ramot, Ofir ^d   Friesem, Dana ^d   Monte, Enrique ^b   Llobell, Antonio ^e   Chet, Ilan ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c Newbiotechnic SA NBT   (Spain)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^e Universidad de Sevilla CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Endochitinase; GFP; Mycoparasitism; Promoter analysis; Trichoderma

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CHITIN; CHITINASE; ENDOCHITINASE; GLUCOSE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; NITROGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS MEMBRANE; DIFFUSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPHOMYCETES; HYPHOMYCETES SOLANI; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOPARASITISM; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PICHIA PASTORIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TAXONOMY; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA ASPERELLUM; TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM;

ALTERNARIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BOTRYTIS; CHITINASE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEXOSAMINIDASES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; PICHIA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHIZOCTONIA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPORES, FUNGAL; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRICHODERMA;

FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; HYPOCREA LIXII; PICHIA; PICHIA PASTORIS; RHIZOCTONIA; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA ASPERELLUM;

EID: 0036873374     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-002-0345-4     Document Type: Review

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