Cloning and overexpression of Pochonia chlamydosporia chitinase gene pcchi44, a potential virulence factor in infection against nematodes

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 810-814

  Mi, Qili ^a   Yang, Jinkui ^a   Ye, Fengping ^a   Gan, Zhongwei ^a   Wu, Changwei ^a   Niu, Xuemei ^a   Zou, Chenggang ^a   Zhang, Ke Qin ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Chitinase; Expression; Gene cloning; Km value; Phylogenetic analysis; Pochonia chlamydosporia

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BOMBYX MORI; CDNA SEQUENCE; CHITINASE GENES; CHITINASES; COMMERCIAL POTENTIAL; DEGENERATE PRIMERS; ENDOCHITINASE; EXTRACELLULAR; GENE CLONING; GENOME-WALKING; HYDROLYTIC ACTIVITIES; MELOIDOGYNE INCOGNITA; OPTIMAL ACTIVITY; OVER-EXPRESSION; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION-POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROOT KNOT NEMATODE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCONTROL; CLONING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ORGANIC ACIDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION;

GENE ENCODING;

BOMBYX MORI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; MELOIDOGYNE; MELOIDOGYNE INCOGNITA; MELOIDOGYNE JAVANICA; NEMATODA; POCHONIA CHLAMYDOSPORIA;

EID: 77950296683     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2010.01.022     Document Type: Article

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