Isolation of a cDNA encoding a putative chitinase precursor in the kuruma prawn Penaeus japonicus

Molecular Marine Biology and Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 299-303

  Watanabe, Toshiki ^a   Kono, Michiko ^a   Aida, Katsumi ^b   Nagasawa, Hiromichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIDERMIS; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; LIVER; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANCREAS; PENAEIDAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHITINASE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EPIDERMIS; GENE LIBRARY; LIVER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PANCREAS; PENAEIDAE; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; HEXAPODA; MANDUCA SEXTA; MARSUPENAEUS JAPONICUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PENAEUS;

EID: 0030432812     PISSN: 10536426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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