Two families of extracellular phospholipase C genes are present in aspergilli

Mycological Research

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1140-1151

  Tuckwell, Danny ^a   Lavens, Sandra E ^a   Birch, Mike ^a  

^a F2G LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Aspergillus; Gene transfer; Neosartorya; PLC enzymes

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; ISOENZYME; PHOSPHOLIPASE C;

FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYLOGENETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; ISOENZYMES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TYPE C PHOSPHOLIPASES;

ARABIDOPSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; NEOSARTORYA; NEOSARTORYA FISCHERI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 33750014493     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: 14698102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2006.07.013     Document Type: Article

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