Cloning and characterization of polyphenoloxidase DNA from Agaricus brasiliensis S. Wasser et al. (Agaricomycetideae)

International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-76

  Matsumoto Akanuma, Akiko ^a   Yamagishi, Akihiko ^a   Motoi, Masuro ^b   Ohno, Naohito ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Toei Pharmaceutical Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agaricus brasiliensis; Gene; Intron; Medicinal mushrooms; Polyphenoloxidase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CATECHOL OXIDASE;

AGARICUS; AGARICUS BRASILIENSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION;

AGARICUS BRASILIENSIS; ANIMALIA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 33646871345     PISSN: 15219437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/IntJMedMushr.v8.i1.90     Document Type: Article

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