Comparative studies of chitinases A and B from Serratia marcescens

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1581-1589

  Brurberg, May B ^a,b   Nes, Ingolf F ^a   Eijsink, Vincent G H ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Crop Research Institute   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chitin; Chitinase; Chitobiosidase; Serratia marcescens

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITINASE; ENZYME VARIANT; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; OLIGOMER;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COLLOID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0029884662     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-7-1581     Document Type: Article

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