Characterization of an α-L-arabinofuranosidase gene (abf1) from Penicillium purpurogenum and its expression

Mycological Research

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 388-394

  Carvallo, Marcela ^a   De Ioannes, Pablo ^a   Navarro, Claudio ^a   Chavez, Renato ^a   Peirano, Alessandra ^a   Bull, Paulina ^a   Eyzaguirre, Jaime ^a,b  

^a FONDAP Center for Genome Regulation   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION;

FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM PURPUROGENUM;

EID: 0038622930     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756203007603     Document Type: Article

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