Plant chitinases - Regulation and function

Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 809-824

  Kasprzewska, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chitinases; Chitooligosaccharides; Nod Factors

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; ETHYLENE; JASMONIC ACID; NITROGEN; PHYTOHORMONE; SALICYLIC ACID;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME REGULATION; FUNGUS; HYDROLYSIS; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; STRESS; UPREGULATION;

FUNGI;

EID: 0141645390     PISSN: 14258153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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