Plant Chitinases: Genetic Diversity and Physiological Roles

Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics Modeling of Substrate-Assisted Catalysis in Family 18 Chitinases: Conformational Changes and the Role of Asp142 in Catalysis in ChiB

(2011) Jitrayut Jitonnom et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Cloning and characterization of a small family 19 chitinase from moss (Bryum coronatum)

(2011) Toki Taira et al.   GLYCOBIOLOGY

Chitinases in root nodules

(2011) Patricía Santos et al.   Plant Biotechnology

Annotation and comparative analysis of the glycoside hydrolase genes in Brachypodium distachyon

(2010) Ludmila Tyler et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Characterization of the endoglucanase and glucomannanase activities of a glycoside hydrolase family 45 protein from Penicillium decumbens 114-2

(2010) Guodong Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Identification and characterization of class I chitinase in Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer

(2010) Rama Krishna Pulla et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS

Sequence and Structural Analysis of the Chitinase Insertion Domain Reveals Two Conserved Motifs Involved in Chitin-Binding

(2010) Hai Li et al.   PLoS One

Chitinase Gene Expression in Response to Environmental Stresses inArabidopsis thaliana: Chitinase Inhibitor Allosamidin Enhances Stress Tolerance

(2009) Yasuhiro TAKENAKA et al.   BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Transgenic indica rice expressing a bitter melon (Momordica charantia) class I chitinase gene (McCHIT1) confers enhanced resistance to Magnaporthe grisea and Rhizoctonia solani

(2009) Ping Li et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PLANT PATHOLOGY

A plant class V chitinase from a cycad (Cycas revoluta): Biochemical characterization, cDNA isolation, and posttranslational modification

(2009) Toki Taira et al.   GLYCOBIOLOGY

ICChI, a glycosylated chitinase from the latex of Ipomoea carnea

(2009) Ashok Kumar Patel et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

The Tall Fescue Turf Grass Class I Chitinase Gene FaChit1 Is Activated by Fungal Elicitors, Dehydration, Ethylene, and Mechanical Wounding

(2009) Jian Wang et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTER

Isolation of a new fungi and wound-induced chitinase class in corms of Crocus sativus

(2009) Raquel Castillo López et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Molecular cloning and characterization of the promoter for the multiple stress-inducible gene BjCHI1 from Brassica juncea

(2009) Xue-Feng Wu et al.   PLANTA

Effects of sugar beet chitinase IV on root-associated fungal community of transgenic silver birch in a field trial

(2009) Hanna-Leena Pasonen et al.   PLANTA

Characterization of four defense-related genes up-regulated in root nodules of Casuarina glauca

(2009) Patrícia Santos et al.   SYMBIOSIS

The BLADE-ON-PETIOLE genes are essential for abscission zone formation in Arabidopsis

(2008) S. M. McKim et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Comparative resistance to foliar fungal pathogens in transgenic carrot plants expressing genes encoding for chitinase, β-1,3-glucanase and peroxidise

(2008) Owen Wally et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PLANT PATHOLOGY

What are the prospects for genetically engineered, disease resistant plants?

(2008) David B. Collinge et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PLANT PATHOLOGY

A new type of plant chitinase containing LysM domains from a fern (Pteris ryukyuensis): Roles of LysM domains in chitin binding and antifungal activity

(2008) Shoko Onaga et al.   GLYCOBIOLOGY

Transgenic wheat expressing a barley class II chitinase gene has enhanced resistance against Fusarium graminearum

(2008) S. Shin et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Ethylene-induced differential gene expression during abscission of citrus leaves

(2008) Javier Agustí et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Chitinase CHIT36 fromTrichoderma harzianumEnhances Resistance of Transgenic Carrot to Fungal Pathogens

(2008) Rafal Baranski et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY

A LysM Receptor-Like Kinase Plays a Critical Role in Chitin Signaling and Fungal Resistance in Arabidopsis

(2008) J. Wan et al.   PLANT CELL

Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) with a rice chitinase gene for improved tolerance to a fungal pathogen Sclerotium rolfsii

(2008) Xiaoling He et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Characterization of Cold-Responsive Extracellular Chitinase in Bromegrass Cell Cultures and Its Relationship to Antifreeze Activity

(2008) T. Nakamura et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY