Cloning and characterization of a polygalacturonase-encoding gene from Penicillium janthinellum

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 257-260

  Ishida, Yutaka ^a,b   Kakibuchi, Kazumasa ^b   Hirao, Yuko ^b   Izumori, Ken ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kagawa Prefecture 760 8573   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cloning; Penicillium janthinellum; Polygalacturonase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOPOLYMERS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CLONING; DNA; FUNGI; GENES;

GENOME WALKING; PENICILLIUM JANTHINELLUM; POLYGALACTURONASE;

ENZYMES;

POLYGALACTURONASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA TEMPLATE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FUNGUS; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM JANTHINELLUM;

EID: 0030715333     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-338X(97)82065-X     Document Type: Article

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