Purification and partial characterization of a chitinase from the mycoparasitic fungus Trichothecium roseum

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-39

  Li, Duo Chuan ^a   Zhang, Shi Hun ^a   Liu, Kei Qi ^a   Lu, Jing ^a  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Chitinase; Enzyme purification; Mycoparasite; Trichothecium roseum

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; CONIDIUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; EPIDERMOPHYTON; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCELIUM; MYCOPARASITISM; NONHUMAN; PH; PLANT DISEASE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TRICHOTHECIUM ROSEUM;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHITIN; CHITINASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, DEAE-CELLULOSE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FRACTIONAL PRECIPITATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

EPIDERMOPHYTON; FUNGI; TRICHOTHECIUM ROSEUM;

EID: 1942472042     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.50.35     Document Type: Article

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