Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5164556 Phytochemistry 2014 8 Pages PDF
Abstract
Full cDNAs encoding chitinases were cloned from lodgepole pine, the major host of the mountain pine beetle, and from interior spruce. Chitinases were induced by inoculation with bark beetle associated blue-staining fungi and insect feeding. Class I chitinases showed chitinolytic activity.
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