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Metabolic products of microorganisms 181. Chitin synthase from fungi, a test model for substances with insecticidal properties

✍ Scribed by G. U. Brillinger

Publisher: Springer
Year: 1979
Tongue: English
Weight: 347 KB
Volume: 121
Category: Article
ISSN: 0302-8933
DOI: 10.1007/bf00409207

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✦ Synopsis

Chitin synthase from Coprinus cinereus (Schaeff. ex Fr.) S. F. Gray (= C. lagopus sensu Buller) was used as a model for chitin synthase from insects. The effect of dimilin (difluorobenzuron), captan (trichloromethylsulfonyl fungicide), kitazin P (organophosphorus ester fungicide) and parathion (organophosphorus insecticide) on the fungal enzyme was compared with the effect of nikkomycin (nucleosidepeptide antibiotic).