Ribotoxin genes in isolates of Aspergillus section Clavati

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 481-485

  Varga, János ^a,b   Samson, Robert A ^a  

^a CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Antifungal peptides; Aspergillus section Clavati; Clavin; Gigantin; Mitogillin; Phylogenetic analysis; Restrictocin; Ribotoxins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SARCIN; C SARCIN; CYSTEINE; GIGANTIN; MITOGILLIN; MYCOTOXIN; RESTRICTOCIN; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEIN; RIBOTOXIN; RICIN; RNA 28S; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS LONGIVESICA;

EID: 50849137493     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-008-9266-7     Document Type: Article

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