Cloning and expression of the cDNA encoding an alternative oxidase gene from Aspergillus niger WU-2223L

Current Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 472-477

  Kirimura, Kohtaro ^a   Yoda, Masashi ^a   Usami, Shoji ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative oxidase; Aspergillus niger; Cyanide insensitive respiration; Mitochondria; Salicylhydroxamic acid

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CITRIC ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; OXIDOREDUCTASE; POLYPEPTIDE; SALICYLHYDROXAMIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; DNA LIBRARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; HANSENULA; HIGHER PLANT; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, FUNGAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FUNGAL; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PICHIA; PICHIA ANOMALA; SAUROMATUM GUTTATUM;

EID: 0032937102     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050422     Document Type: Article

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