An endo-β-1,4-glucanase gene (celA) from the rumen anaerobe Ruminococcus albus 8: Cloning, sequencing, and transcriptional analysis

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 267-278

  Attwood, Graeme T ^a,b   Herrera, Felicitas ^a   Weissenstein, Lee A ^a   White, Bryan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Endoglucanase; Hydrophobic cluster analysis; Ruminococcus albus; Transcription

Indexed keywords

GLUCAN SYNTHASE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUMEN MICROORGANISM;

EID: 0029669983     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m96-039     Document Type: Article

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