Isolation and characterization of the actin gene from the cellulolytic fungus humicola grisea and analysis of transcription levels of actin and cellulase genes

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1091-1095

  Takashima, Shou ^a,b   Nakamura, Akira ^a   Hidaka, Makoto ^a   Masaki, Haruhiko ^a   Uozumi, Takeshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin; Cellulase; Humicola grisea

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CELLULASE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BIOSYNTHESIS; CODON; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELLULASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CODON; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033145823     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.63.1091     Document Type: Article

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