Phylogenetic analysis of cellulolytic enzyme genes from representative lineages of termites and a related cockroach

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Todaka, Nemuri ^a,e   Inoue, Tetsushi ^a   Saita, Kanako ^a   Ohkuma, Moriya ^b   Nalepa, Christine A ^c   Lenz, Michael ^d   Kudo, Toshiaki ^a,f   Moriya, Shigeharu ^a,b  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e Rd Management Section   (Japan)

^f NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; GLYCOSIDASE; LIGNOCELLULOSE; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE; CELLULOSE; ENZYME;

ARTICLE; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; ISOPTERA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BLATTARIA; ISOPTERA; PROTISTA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CELLULOSE; COCKROACHES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENZYMES; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; ISOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 77649083100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008636     Document Type: Article

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