Molecular characterization of β-tubulin gene from Pleurotus sajor-caju

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2280-2283

  Kim, Beom Gi ^a   Yoo, Young Bok ^a   Kwon, Suk Tae ^b   Magae, Yumi ^c  

^a National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

tubulin; Basidiomycete; Intron; Pleurotus sajor caju

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; PLEUROTUS; PLEUROTUS SAJOR-CAJU;

FUNGAL DNA; TUBULIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLEUROTUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, FUNGAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE LIBRARY; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PLEUROTUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBULIN;

EID: 0035488442     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.65.2280     Document Type: Article

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