Alternative expression of a chitosanase gene produces two different proteins in cells infected with Chlorella virus CVK2

Virology

Volumn 230, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 361-368

  Yamada, Takashi ^a   Hiramatsu, Shingo ^a   Songsri, Puttaporn ^a   Fujie, Makoto ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ENZYME; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ALGA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CHLORELLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA VIRUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLORELLA; CHLORELLA VIRUS; DNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0030967349     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1997.8486     Document Type: Article

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