Structural analysis of the TNIT4 genes encoding nitrilase-like protein from tobacco

DNA Research

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 313-317

  Dohmoto, Mitsuko ^a   Sano, Jun ^a   Tsunoda, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Yamaguchi, Kazuo ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Exon intron splicing junction; Nicotiana tabacum; Nitrilase; TNIT4; Transcription start point

Indexed keywords

HYDROLASE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRILASE LIKE PROTEIN, NICOTIANA TABACUM; NITRILASE-LIKE PROTEIN, NICOTIANA TABACUM; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; EXON; GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; INTRON; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; PROMOTER REGION; TOBACCO;

AMINOHYDROLASES; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENES, PLANT; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, TOXIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033615361     PISSN: 13402838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/6.5.313     Document Type: Article

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