Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of the β-1,3-glucan synthase catalytic subunit gene from a medicinal fungus, Cordyceps militaris

Mycoscience

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 98-105

  Ujita, Minoru ^a   Katsuno, Yosuke ^a   Suzuki, Kahori ^a   Sugiyama, Kazumasa ^a   Takeda, Eiji ^a   Yokoyama, Eiji ^a   Hara, Akira ^a  

^a MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catalytic subunit; cDNA cloning; Cordyceps militaris; Medicinal fungi; 1,3 Glucan synthase

Indexed keywords

CORDYCEPS; CORDYCEPS MILITARIS; FUNGI;

EID: 33646470881     PISSN: 13403540     EISSN: 16182545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10267-005-0278-0     Document Type: Article

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