Identification of two group A chitinase genes in Botrytis cinerea which are differentially induced by exogenous chitin

Mycological Research

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 615-625

  Choquer, Mathias ^a   Becker, Hubert F ^b   Vidal Cros, Anne ^b  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

CHI; Enzymes; Gene expression; Phytopathology; Plant pathology

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITINASE; FUNGAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

CHITIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE; PATHOGEN; PATHOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BOTRYTIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BOTRYTIS; CHITIN; CHITINASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; FUNGI;

EID: 34250170806     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: 14698102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2007.03.011     Document Type: Article

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