title: The role of cutinase in fungal pathogenicity.
abstract: Cutinase, an extracellular fungal enzyme, is thought to be essential for the pathogenicity of certain fungal species to plants. Interpretations of recent data on fungal cutinase activity and pathogenicity are contradictory, and range from cutinase having no apparent influence on pathogenicity to it enhancing adhesion of fungal spores to the plant surface.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Genbiologische Forschung Berlin GmbH, Germany.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schäfer
mesh_terms: D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism*; D005658:Fungi / Q000201:enzymology / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases; C019952:cutinase