Purification and Characterization of an Antifungal Chitinase in Jelly Fig (Ficus awkeotsang) Achenes

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1162-1167

  Li, Yu Ching ^a,b   Chang, Chen Tien ^c   Hsiao, Eric S L ^a   Hsu, Joyce S F ^a   Huang, Jenn Wen ^a   Tzen, Jason T C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNGTAI INST HLTH SCI TECHNOL   (Taiwan)

^c PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Achene; Antifungal; Chitinase; Jelly fig; Pericarp

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHITINASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FICUS;

COLLETOTRICHUM; FELIS CATUS; FICUS AWKEOTSANG; GLOMERELLA CINGULATA;

EID: 0348038679     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcg141     Document Type: Article

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