Cloning and sequencing of chitinase gene from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp israelensis

Acta Genetica Sinica

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 364-369

  Zhong, Wan Fang ^a,b   Jiang, Li Hua ^a   Yan, Wen Zhao ^a   Cai, Ping Zhong ^a   Zhang, Zhi Xiong ^a   Pei, Yan ^b  

^a CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis subsp israelensis; Chitinase gene; Cloning; Sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITINASE; FIBRONECTIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PRIMER DNA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHITINASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037397663     PISSN: 03794172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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