Review of fungal chitinases

Mycopathologia

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 345-360

  Duo Chuan, Li ^a  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Expression regulation; Fungal chitinase; Gene cloning; Mycoparasitism; Purification and characterization

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE;

CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CHITINASE; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 33745039979     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-006-0024-y     Document Type: Review

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