A Potent Insect Chitinase Inhibitor of Fungal Origin

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 58, Issue 11-12, 2003, Pages 891-894

  Nitoda, Teruhiko ^a   Usuki, Hirokazu ^a   Kanzaki, Hiroshi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chitinase Inhibitor; Extracellular Polysaccharide; Sphaeropsis sp.

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; INSECTA; SPHAEROPSIS; SPODOPTERA; SPODOPTERA LITURA;

EID: 0348227686     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2003-11-1226     Document Type: Article

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