Partial purification and N-terminal amino acid sequencing of a β-1,3-glucanase from sorghum leaves

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-33

  Velazhahan, R ^a,c   Jayaraj, J ^b   Liang, G H ^b   Muthukrishnan, S ^b  

^a TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Pathogenesis related protein; Sorghum bicolor; Trichoderma viride

Indexed keywords

EXSEROHILUM; GLYCINE MAX; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PISUM SATIVUM; SETOSPHAERIA TURCICA; SORGHUM BICOLOR; TRICHODERMA VIRIDE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037232444     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022345713761     Document Type: Article

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