Isolation of a cDNA encoding a putative cellulase in the red claw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus

Gene

Volumn 239, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 317-324

  Byrne, Keren A ^a   Lehnert, Sigrid A ^a   Johnson, Samuel E ^a   Moore, Stephen S ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

cDNA library; Cellulase; Cherax quadricarinatus; Crayfish; Degenerate primer PCR; Digestive enzymes; Endoglucanase; Hepatopancreas

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CRAYFISH; CRUSTACEA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLULASE; DNA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXONS; GENE LIBRARY; GENES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ASTACOIDEA; CHERAX QUADRICARINATUS; CRUSTACEA; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0032733345     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00396-0     Document Type: Article

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