Sequence analysis of the catalytic domain of a Metarhizium anisopliae chitinase

Brazilian Journal of Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-164

  Valadares Inglis, Maria Cléria ^a   Inglis, Peter W ^a   Peberdy, John F ^b  

^a EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; DNA FRAGMENT; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FUNGUS; HYPHOMYCETES; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALLIUM; APHANOCLADIUM; FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; HYPOCREA LIXII; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 0030807676     PISSN: 01008455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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