Isolation and characterization of glutathione reductase from Physarum polycephalum and stage-specific expression of the enzyme in life-cycle stages with different oxidation-reduction levels

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 317-323

  Minami, Yoshiko ^a   Kohama, Takeshi ^a   Sekimoto, Yu Ji ^a   Akasaka, Kenichi ^a   Matsubara, Hiroshi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CDNA cloning; Enzyme; Expression; Glutathione; Microplasmodium; Morphogenesis; Sclerotium; Slime mold; Spore

Indexed keywords

ENZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CHONDROMYCES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); MYXOGASTRIA; PHYSARUM; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; PROTOZOA; VECTORS;

EID: 0141453066     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2003.tb00142.x     Document Type: Article

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