Isolation of a Multi-functional Endogenous Cellulase Gene from Mollusc, Ampullaria crossean

Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 941-946

  Wang, Ji ^a   Ding, Ming ^a   Li, Yan Hong ^a   Chen, Qing Xi ^a   Xu, Gen Jun ^a   Zhao, Fu Kun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ampullaria crossean; EGX; Gene isolation; Multi functional cellulase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CELLULASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PICHIA PASTORIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLULASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENES; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLLUSCA; PICHIA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AMPULLARIA CROSSEAN; ANIMALIA; CROSSEA; MOLLUSCA; PICHIA; PICHIA PASTORIS;

EID: 0346333439     PISSN: 05829879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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