Microbial hydrolysis of polysaccharides

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue , 1996, Pages 183-212

  Warren, R A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

1,4 glycanases; amylases; chitinases; domains; families; plant cell walls; starch

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CHITIN; STARCH;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL WALL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; BINDING SITES; CELL WALL; CHITIN; FUNGI; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HYDROLYSIS; POLYSACCHARIDES; STARCH;

EID: 0029843079     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.50.1.183     Document Type: Review

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