Purification, characterization, and antifungal activity of chitinases from pineapple (Ananas comosus) leaf

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 189-196

  Taira, Toki ^a   Toma, Noriko ^a   Ishihara, Masanobu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ananas comosus; Antifungal activity; Chitin binding protein; Chitinase; Pineapple

Indexed keywords

COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; FUNGI; IONIC STRENGTH; PROTEINS; PURIFICATION;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; GLYCOPROTEINS; ISOELECTRIC POINT; PINEAPPLE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CHITINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PH; PINEAPPLE; PLANT LEAF; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TRICHODERMA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANANAS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHITINASE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT LEAVES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TEMPERATURE; TRICHODERMA;

ANANAS COMOSUS; TRICHODERMA VIRIDE;

EID: 15244357854     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.69.189     Document Type: Article

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