Analysis of expressed sequence tags and identification of genes encoding cell-wall-degrading enzymes from the fungivorous nematode Aphelenchus avenae

BMC Genomics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Karim, Nurul ^a   Jones, John T ^b   Okada, Hiroaki ^c   Kikuchi, Taisei ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSIDASE; POLYSACCHARIDE LYASE; TROPOMYOSIN; TROPONIN C; CELLULASE; MESSENGER RNA; PECTATE LYASE;

APHELENCHUS AVENAE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL WALL; ENZYME DEGRADATION; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DATABASE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DESICCATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PROTEIN DATABASE;

APHELENCHUS AVENAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA; PROKARYOTA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL WALL; CELLULASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATABASES, PROTEIN; DESICCATION; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYSACCHARIDE-LYASES; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TYLENCHIDA;

EID: 71049145380     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-525     Document Type: Article

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