Cloning and characterization of chitin synthase gene fragments from penicillium chrysogenum

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-76

  Namgung, Jun ^a,b   Park, Bum Chan ^a   Lee, Dong Hoon ^b   Bae, Kyung Sook ^b   Park, Hee Moon ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chitin synthase genes; Penicillium chrysogenum; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CHITIN SYNTHASE; DNA; NUCLEOTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

EID: 0030589111     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00389-8     Document Type: Article

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