Chitinolytic and antifungal activity of a Bacillus pumilus chitinase expressed in Arabidopsis

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 539-546

  Dehestani, Ali ^a,b   Kazemitabar, Kamal ^a   Ahmadian, Gholamreza ^b   Jelodar, Nadali Babaeian ^a   Salmanian, Ali Hatef ^b   Seyedi, Mehdi ^b   Rahimian, Heshmat ^a   Ghasemi, Seyedhadi ^a,b  

^a SARI AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Arabidopsis thaliana; Bacillus pumilus; Chitin binding domain; Chitinase activity

Indexed keywords

ANTI-FUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACILLUS PUMILUS; CHITIN BINDING DOMAINS; CHITINASES;

BACTERIOLOGY; CHITIN; ENZYMES; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROLYSIS;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CHITINASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOTOMETRY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ARABIDOPSIS; BACILLUS; CHITINASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA BRASSICICOLA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; FUNGI; GIBBERELLA ZEAE;

EID: 77951768745     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-009-0192-1     Document Type: Article

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