Identification, isolation and sequence of the Aspergillus nidulans xlnC gene encoding the 34-kDa xylanase

Gene

Volumn 175, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 29-33

  MacCabe, A P ^a   Fernandez Espinar M T ^a,c   De Graaff, L H ^b   Visser, J ^b   Ramon D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Lab Genet Molec/Amelioration C   (France)

Author keywords

Gene structure; Nucleotide sequence; Xylanase

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; XYLAN; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS KAWACHII; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

EID: 0030579113     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00116-3     Document Type: Article

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