A group of α-1,4-glucan lyase genes from the fungi Morchella costata, M. vulgaris and Peziza ostracoderma. Cloning, complete sequencing and heterologous expression

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 445-454

  Bojsen, Kirsten ^a   Yu, Shukun ^a   Marcussen, Jan ^a  

^a DANISCO A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

1,4 glucan lyase; 1,5 anhydro D fructose; Glycogen; Morchella; Peziza; Starch

Indexed keywords

1,5 ANHYDRO DEXTRO FRUCTOSE; ALPHA 1,4 GLUCAN LYASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; DNA FRAGMENT; DNA PROBE; ENZYMIC DEGRADATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCING; GLYCOGEN; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NITROGEN METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOMIC LIBRARY; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PICHIA; POLYSACCHARIDE-LYASES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI; MORCHELLA COSTATA; MORCHELLA VULGARIS; PEZIZA; PEZIZA OSTRACODERMA; PICHIA PASTORIS;

EID: 0033150451     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006231622928     Document Type: Article

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