Three endochitinase-encoding genes identified in the biocontrol fungus Clonostachys rosea are differentially expressed

Current Genetics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 57-70

  Mamarabadi, Mojtaba ^a   Jensen, Birgit ^a   Lübeck, Mette ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chitin; Clonostachys rosea; Endochitinase; Gene disruption; Real time RT PCR

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITINASE; ENDOCHITINASE; GENOMIC DNA; GLUCOSE;

BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; CELL WALL; CLONOSTACHYS ROSEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS MUTANT; FUSARIUM CULMORUM; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; LIQUID CULTURE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MYCOPARASITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PLANT FUNGUS INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARBON; CELL WALL; CHITINASE; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, FUNGAL; HYPOCREALES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

AGROBACTERIUM; BIONECTRIA OCHROLEUCA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM CULMORUM;

EID: 48749104757     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-008-0199-5     Document Type: Review

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