Structure and expression properties of the endo-β-1,4-glucanase A gene from the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 239-245

  Chikamatsu, Go ^a   Shirai, Kengo ^a   Kato, Masashi ^a   Kobayashi, Tetsuo ^a   Tsukagoshi, Norihiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; Cellulase; Endo 1,4 glucanase; Gene regulation

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLULASE; DNA, FUNGAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, REPORTER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0032796164     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00201-3     Document Type: Article

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