Cloning of a protopectinase gene of Trichosporon penicillatum and its expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1657-1664

  Iguchi, Ken Ichi ^a,c   Hirano, Haruka ^a   Kishida, Masao ^a   Kawasaki, Haruhiko ^a   Sakai, Takuo ^a,b  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Plant Biotechnology Division   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene cloning; Protopectinase; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Trichosporon penicillatum; Yeast polygalacturonase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; POLYGALACTURONASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FUSARIUM MONILIFORME; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRICHOSPORON;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; ASPERGILLUS TUBINGENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COCHLIOBOLUS CARBONUM; FUSARIUM; GEOTRICHUM KLEBAHNII; GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030943510     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-5-1657     Document Type: Article

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