Cellulase genes from the parabasalian symbiont Pseudotrichonympha grassii in the hindgut of the wood-feeding termite Coptotermes formosanus

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1554-1560

  Nakashima, K ^a   Watanabe, H ^b   Azuma, J I ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cellulase; Coptotermesformosanus; Glycoside hydrolase family 7; Parabasalia; Pseudotrichonympha grassii; Symbiosis; Termite

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; CONGO RED; GLYCOSIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; CATALYSIS; CELL WALL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLATE; FUNGUS; GENE ISOLATION; INTESTINE; ISOPTERA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLANT CELL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PSEUDOTRICHONYMPHA GRASSII; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; SYMBIONT; TRICHODERMA REESEI; WOOD;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELLULASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, PROTOZOAN; ISOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SYMBIOSIS;

COPTOTERMES; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; HOMO; HYPERMASTIGIDA; HYPOCREA JECORINA; ISOPTERA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PARABASALIDEA; PROTOZOA; PSEUDOTRICHONYMPHA GRASSII; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 0036709878     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-002-8528-1     Document Type: Article

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