Cloning and characterization of a chitinase-encoding gene (chia) from aspergillus nidulans, disruption of which decreases germination frequency and hyphal growth

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 60-65

  Takaya, Naoki ^a,b   Yamazaki, Daisuke ^a   Horiuchi, Hiroyuki ^a   Ohta, Akinori ^a   Takagi, Masamichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; Chitinase; Gene cloning; Hyphal growth

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; CHITINASE CHIA; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHITINASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0031606334     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.62.60     Document Type: Article

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