Cloning of Brn1, a reductase gene involved in melanin biosynthesis in Cochliobolus heterostrophus

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 145-150

  Shimizu, Kiminori ^a   Tanaka, Chihiro ^a   Tsuda, Mitsuya ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bipolaris maydis; Cloning; Cochliobolus heterostrophus; Melanin biosynthesis; Reductase gene

Indexed keywords

NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ALTERNARIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COSMID VECTOR; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; FUNGUS; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; INTRON; MELANOGENESIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; BIPOLARIS; COCHLIOBOLUS HETEROSTROPHUS; FUNGI;

EID: 0030817152     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.43.145     Document Type: Article

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