Cloning and phylogenetic anaslysis of chitin synthase genes from the insect pathogenic fungus, Metarhizium anisopliae var. anisopliae

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-84

  Nam, Jin Sik ^a   Lee, Dong Hun ^a   Lee, Kang Hyun ^a   Park, Hee Moon ^b   Bae, Kyung Sook ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chitin synthase gene; Entomopathogenic fungus; Metarhizium anisopliae var. anisopliae; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; FUNGAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FUNGUS; INSECT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; DEUTEROMYCETES; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; INSECTS; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0031987321     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00548-X     Document Type: Article

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