Cloning and characterization of a thioredoxin gene, CpTrx1, from the chestnut blight fungus Cryphonectria parasitica

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 556-561

  Kim, Ji Hye ^a   Kim, Dae Hyuk ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cryphonectria parasitica; Hypovirulence; Thioredoxin

Indexed keywords

CRYPHONECTRIA PARASITICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

FUNGAL PROTEIN; MENADIONE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; THIOREDOXIN; VITAMIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; THIOREDOXIN; VITAMIN K 3; VITAMINS;

EID: 33947112513     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 12258873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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