Sequence, expression and functional analysis of the Coccidioides immitis ODC (ornithine decarboxylase) gene

Gene

Volumn 242, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 437-448

  Guevara Olvera, Lorenzo ^a,b   Hung, Chiung Yu ^a   Yu, Jieh Juen ^a   Cole, Garry T ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Coccidioides; Complementation; Gene function; Genomic cDNA sequences; ODC; Protein expression

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; COCCIDIOIDES; DNA, FUNGAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; PUTRESCINE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033984702     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00496-5     Document Type: Article

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