Characterization of the Lentinula edodes exg2 gene encoding a lentinan-degrading exo-β-1,3-glucanase

Current Genetics

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 195-203

  Sakamoto, Yuichi ^a   Minato, Ken Ichiro ^b   Nagai, Masaru ^a,d   Mizuno, Masashi ^c   Sato, Toshitsugu ^a  

^a IWATE BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^b MIYAGI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Institute for Environmental Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell wall lysis; Exo glucanase; Fruiting body differentiation; Lentinan degradation; Lentinula edodes

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL ENZYME; GLUCAN 1,3 BETA GLUCOSIDASE; GLUCAN 1,3 BETA GLUCOSIDASE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; CYTOLYSIS; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; FRUITING BODY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LENTINUS EDODES; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENES, FUNGAL; GLUCAN 1,3-BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; LENTINAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHIITAKE MUSHROOMS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

FUNGI; LENTINULA EDODES;

EID: 27644531604     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-005-0002-9     Document Type: Article

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