Isolation and expression in Escherichia coli of hepB and hepC, genes coding for the glycosaminoglycan-degrading enzymes heparinase II and heparinase III, respectively, from Flavobacterium heparinum

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2723-2734

  Su, Hongsheng ^a   Blain, Françoise ^a   Musil, Roy A ^a,b   Zimmermann, Joseph J F ^a   Gu, Kangfu ^a   Bennett, D Clark ^a  

^a IBEX Technologies   (Canada)

^b Orchestra Therapeutics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN LYASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029777326     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.8.2723-2734.1996     Document Type: Article

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