Designing a new chitinase with more chitin binding and antifungal activity

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1517-1523

  Matroodi, Soheila ^a,b   Motallebi, Mostafa ^a   Zamani, Mohammadreza ^a   Moradyar, Mehdi ^a  

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

^b KHORRAMSHAHR MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Chimeric chitinase; Chitin binding domain; Chitinase; Trichoderma atroviride

Indexed keywords

ANTI-FUNGAL ACTIVITY; CHITIN BINDING DOMAINS; CHITINASES; COLLOIDAL CHITIN; PHYTOPATHOGENIC FUNGI; PHYTOPATHOGENS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TRICHODERMA ATROVIRIDE;

FUNGI; PATHOGENS;

CHITIN;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHITIN; CHITINASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RHIZOCTONIA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TRICHODERMA;

ALTERNARIA; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHITIN; CHITINASE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RHIZOCTONIA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TRICHODERMA;

FUNGI; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA ATROVIRIDE;

EID: 84880367720     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-013-1318-0     Document Type: Article

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