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Eighty-six plant chitinase sequences from 29 different species and one hybrid were obtained from the on-line GenBank nucleotide database. These sequences were grouped into five gene families based on previously published guidelines (Meins et al., 1994), and the amino-acid and nucleotide sequences of each gene family were aligned. Consensus amino-acid and nucleotide sequences were derived for each gene family based on the alignments. The consensus sequences were analyzed to determine, their amino-acid composition, hydropathy profiles, and codon usage.
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Levorson, J., Chlan, C.A. Plant chitinase consensus sequences. Plant Mol Biol Rep 15, 122–133 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02812262
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