Cloning, sequencing, and expression of the tulip bulb chitinase-1 cdna

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1394-1401

  Yamagami, Takeshi ^a   Tsutsumi, Kazuki ^a   Ishiguro, Masatsune ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cdna cloning; Chitinase; Expression

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; CHITINASE, CLASS III; HYBRID PROTEIN; PLANT DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RABBIT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHITINASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0034222241     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.64.1394     Document Type: Article

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