Genes encoding nitrilase-like proteins from tobacco

DNA Research

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 283-289

  Dohmoto, Mitsuko ^a   Tsunoda, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Isaji, Gen ^a   Chiba, Ryo ^a   Yamaguchi, Kazuo ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Indole 3 acetic acid; Indole 3 acetonitrile; Nicotiana tabacum; Nitrilase; Transgenic plant

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

HYDROLASE; NITRILASE; NITRILASE LIKE PROTEIN, NICOTIANA TABACUM; NITRILASE-LIKE PROTEIN, NICOTIANA TABACUM; PLANT DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOHYDROLASES; ARABIDOPSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TOBACCO;

EID: 0034739565     PISSN: 13402838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/7.5.283     Document Type: Article

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