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

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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 (nucleoside-peptide antibiotic).

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  1. Lehrstuhl Mikrobiologie I, Institut für Biologie II der Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, D-7400, Tübingen, Federal Republic of Germany

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Brillinger, G.U. Metabolic products of microorganisms 181. Chitin synthase from fungi, a test model for substances with insecticidal properties. Arch. Microbiol. 121, 71–74 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00409207

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