Molecular analysis of Physarum haemagglutinin I: Lack of a signal sequence, sulphur amino acids and post-translational modifications

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1077-1084

  Morita, Masashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

cDNA cloning; Haemagglutinin; Lectin; Physarum polycephalum; Post translational modification

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FUNGAL DNA; HEMAGGLUTININ; LECTIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SULFUR AMINO ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

CHONDROMYCES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHYSARUM; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031979253     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-4-1077     Document Type: Article

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