Characterization and ultrastructural localization of chitinases from Metarhizium anisopliae, M. flavoviride, and Beauveria bassiana during fungal invasion of host (Manduca sexta) cuticle

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 907-912

  Leger, Raymond J St ^a   Joshi, Lokesh ^a   Bidochka, Michael J ^a   Rizzo, Nancy W ^a   Roberts, Donald W ^a  

^a United States Department of Agriculture   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CHITINASE;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CUTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FUNGUS; INSECT; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 13344279428     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.3.907-912.1996     Document Type: Article

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