Tomatinase from Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici defines a new class of saponinases

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 852-861

  Roldán Arjona, Teresa ^a   Pérez Espinosa, Alonso ^a   Ruiz Rubio, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; FUNGUS METABOLISM; LYCOTETRAOSE; SAPONINASE; SECONDARY METABOLITE; TOMATIDINE; TOMATINASE; TOMATINE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. LYCOPERSICI; FUSARIUM SP.; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SEPTORIA LYCOPERSICI;

EID: 17344386952     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1999.12.10.852     Document Type: Article

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