Large-scale identification of transcripts expressed in a symbiotic fungus (Termitomyces) during plant biomass degradation

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 195-203

  Johjima, Toru ^a,e   Taprab, Yaovapa ^b,c   Noparatnaraporn, Napavarn ^c   Kudo, Toshiaki ^a,b,d   Ohkuma, Moriya ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE EARTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Expressed sequence tag; Fungus growing termite; Lignocellulose degradation; Symbiosis; Termitomyces

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DNA; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY);

EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FUNGUS-GROWING TERMITE; LIGNOCELLULOSE DEGRADATION; SYMBIOSIS; TERMITOMYCES;

FUNGI;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BIOMASS; DEGRADATION; DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; PLANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMBIOSIS; TERMITE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DNA LIBRARY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; ISOPTERA; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMBIOSIS; TERMITOMYCES; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AGARICALES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; ENZYMES; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE LIBRARY; LIGNIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMES GILVUS; MACROTERMITINAE; TERMITOMYCES;

EID: 33750282787     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-006-0570-8     Document Type: Article

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