Isolation and characterization of protease overproducing mutants of Trichoderma harzianum

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 233, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 215-222

  Szekeres, András ^a   Kredics, László ^b   Antal, Zsuzsanna ^b   Kevei, Ferenc ^a   Manczinger, László ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Altered colony morphology; p Fluorophenyl alanine resistance; Protease overproduction; Trichoderma harzianum; UV mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE DERIVATIVE; CHYMOTRYPSIN; FUNGAL ENZYME; PROTEINASE; TRYPSIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME RELEASE; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUNGUS MUTANT; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PLANT DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WILD TYPE;

ENDOPEPTIDASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENETIC SCREENING; MUTAGENESIS; PLANTS; TRICHODERMA;

FUNGI; HYPOCREA LIXII; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 1842582713     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.02.012     Document Type: Article

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