Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel glutathione S-transferase gene induced by light stimulation in the protozoan Blepharisma japonicum

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 231, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 185-189

  Takada, Yuichi ^a   Uda, Kouji ^a   Kawamura, Kazuo ^a   Matsuoka, Tatsuomi ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blepharisma japonicum; Differential screening; Glutathione S transferase; Light stimulation; Substrate specificity

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; BLEPHARISMA JAPONICUM; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTOZOON; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BLEPHARISMA JAPONICUM; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 1342279433     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00927-3     Document Type: Article

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