Molecular cloning and characterization of a cDNA and a gene for subtilisin-like serine proteases from rice (Oryza sativa L.) and arabidopsis thaliana

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1947-1957

  Yamagata, Hiroshi ^a   Uesugi, Maki ^a   Saka, Kazunori ^a   Iwasaki, Teruo ^a,b   Aizono, Yasuo ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hagoromo Gakuen Junior College   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Plant subtilase; Rice; Serine protease; Subtilisin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SUBTILISIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RICE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBTILISINS;

EID: 0034278137     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.64.1947     Document Type: Article

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