Cloning and characterization of PKC-homologous genes in the truffle species Tuber borchii and Tuber magnatum

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-53

  Ambra, Roberto ^a   MacIno, Giuseppe ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Phylogeny; Protein kinase C gene; Serine threonine kinase; Tuber

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME; PROTEIN KINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCELIUM; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN KINASE C; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

FUNGI; TUBER BORCHII; TUBER MAGNATUM;

EID: 0034255916     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00250-0     Document Type: Article

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