A spectroscopic assessment of cellulose and the molecular mechanisms of cellulose biosynthesis in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis

Marine Genomics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-14

  Nakashima, Keisuke ^a   Sugiyama, Junji ^b   Satoh, Nori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Functional genomics; Horizontal gene transfer; Reverse genetics

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CIONA INTESTINALIS; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 45449102683     PISSN: 18747787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margen.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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