Molecular cloning of a cDNA encoding a novel Ca2+-dependent nuclease of Arabidopsis that is similar to staphylococcal nuclease

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1491, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 267-272

  Isono, Kyoichi ^a   Satoh, Kimiyuki ^b   Kobayashi, Hirokazu ^a  

^a Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ca2+ dependent nuclease; Staphylococcal nuclease; Zn2+ inhibition

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; CALCIUM ION; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; NUCLEASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; ZINC ION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0034712793     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4781(00)00007-5     Document Type: Article

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