Nucleotide sequence and the action of ribotoxin gene (sar gene) of Penicillium isolates from Taiwan

Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 101-107

  Hwu, Luen ^a   Cho, Chiou Jau ^a   Tzeanz, S S ^b   Lin, Alan ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Penicillium; Ribosome inactivation; Ribotoxin; RRNA; Sar gene

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC STRAIN; RIBOSOME; RIBOTOXIN; TAIWAN;

EID: 0035020179     PISSN: 00068063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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