Structure and function of a cellulase gene in redclaw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus

Gene

Volumn 340, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 267-274

  Crawford, Allison C ^a   Kricker, Jennifer A ^a   Anderson, Alex J ^a   Richardson, Neil R ^a   Mather, Peter B ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cellulose digestion; Eukaryote; Intron position; Protein evolution

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CELLULASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; GLYCOSIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRAYFISH; DESORPTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; INTRON; IONIZATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; STOMACH JUICE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; CELLULASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA; EXONS; GENES; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

ANIMALIA; ASTACOIDEA; CHERAX; CHERAX QUADRICARINATUS; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 4744346711     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2004.06.060     Document Type: Article

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