The Nag1 N-acetylglucosaminidase of Trichoderma atroviride is essential for chitinase induction by chitin and of major relevance to biocontrol

Current Genetics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 289-295

  Brunner, Kurt ^a   Peterbauer, Clemens K ^c   Mach, Robert L ^a   Lorito, Matteo ^b   Zeilinger, Susanne ^a   Kubicek, Christian P ^a  

^a Umwelttech/Tech Biowissenschaften   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Chitinase regulation; Induction; Trichoderma

Indexed keywords

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; CHITIN; CHITINASE; GENE PRODUCT; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE; PROTEIN NAG1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUTOLYSIS; BEAN; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CELL SECRETION; CELL WALL; COLLOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HYDROLYSIS; HYPHOMYCETES; INFECTION PREVENTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRICHODERMA;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHITIN; CHITINASE; DNA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE DELETION; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; RNA; TRICHODERMA;

FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); RHIZOCTONIA; SCLEROTINIA; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA ATROVIRIDE;

EID: 0037626913     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-003-0399-y     Document Type: Review

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