Cloning and heterologous expression of gene encoding a polygalacturonase from aspergillus awamori

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1580-1587

  Nagai, Masaru ^a   Ozawa, Akira ^a,b   Katsuragi, Tohoru ^a,c   Kawasaki, Haruhiko ^a,b   Sakai, Takuo ^a,d  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

A.awamori; Gene cloning; PacC binding site; Polygalacturonase gene

Indexed keywords

POLYGALACTURONASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; GENETICS; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYGALACTURONASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0034251853     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.64.1580     Document Type: Article

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