External pH and nitrogen source affect secretion of pectate lyase by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 3258-3262

  Drori, N ^a,b   Kramer Haimovich, H ^a,b   Rollins, J ^c   Dinoor, A ^b   Okon, Y ^b   Pines, O ^b   Prusky, D ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PH EFFECTS; TISSUE;

SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ENZYMES;

AMMONIA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; NITROGEN; PECTATE LYASE; PROTEIN PAC 1; PROTEIN PACC; PROTEIN PELB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENZYME; FUNGAL DISEASE; NITROGEN; PH;

ALKALINIZATION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM GLOEOSPORIOIDES; ENZYME RELEASE; FUNGUS GROWTH; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH MEASUREMENT; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ASPERGILLUS; COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM GLOEOSPORIOIDES; FUNGI; GLOMERELLA CINGULATA; MYXOGASTRIA;

EID: 0037641220     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.6.3258-3262.2003     Document Type: Article

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