Disruption of the subtilase gene, albin1, in Ophiostoma piliferum

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 3898-3903

  Hoffman, Brad ^a   Breuil, Colette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; FUNGI; GENES;

PHYSIOLOGICAL ROLES; PROTEOLYTIC ACTIVITY;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; FUNGAL ENZYME; NITROGEN; PROTEINASE; SUBTILASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WOOD PROTEIN;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ALBIN1 GENE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIENT; OPHIOSTOMA PILIFERUM; OPHIOSTOMALES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SUBTILASE GENE;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BOVINAE; FUNGI; GENETTA; OPHIOSTOMA; OPHIOSTOMA PILIFERUM; OPHIOSTOMATALES;

EID: 3242780294     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.7.3898-3903.2004     Document Type: Article

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