Family 19 Chitinase of Streptomyces griseus HUT6037 Increases Plant Resistance to the Fungal Disease

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 847-855

  Itoh, Yoshikane ^a   Takahashi, Kazunari ^b   Takizawa, Hironobu ^c   Nikaidou, Naoki ^a   Tanaka, Hiroshi ^b   Nishihashi, Hideji ^c   Watanabe, Takeshi ^a   Nishizawa, Yoko ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c DIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Disease resistance; Family 19 chitinase; Streptomyces griseus; Transgenic rice

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CHITINASE; CHITINASE C;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; IMMUNITY; MAGNAPORTHE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PLANT DISEASE; RICE; STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRICHODERMA;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHITINASE; GENETIC VECTORS; IMMUNITY; MAGNAPORTHE; MYCOSES; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS; TRICHODERMA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYPOCREA JECORINA; MAGNAPORTHE; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 0041819552     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.67.847     Document Type: Article

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