Nucleotide sequence variation does not relate to differences in kinetic properties of neutral trehalase from the insect pathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae

Current Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 428-434

  Small, Cherrie Lee N ^a   Donaldson, Nickett ^a   Bidochka, Michael J ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TREHALASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CATALYSIS; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; FUNGAL GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; NONHUMAN; NTL GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRULENCE;

FUNGI; INSECTA; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; METARHIZIUM FLAVOVIRIDE;

EID: 2442713914     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-003-4228-9     Document Type: Article

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