Chitinases of Bacillus licheniformis B-6839: Isolation and properties

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 307-315

  Trachuk, Lesya A ^a   Revina, Lyudmila P ^a   Shemyakina, Tatyana M ^a   Chestukhina, Galina G ^a   Stepanov, Valentin M ^a  

^a STATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND SELECTION OF INDUSTRIAL MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bacillus licheniformis; chitinase; multiplicity

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS CIRCULANS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS;

EID: 0029904368     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m96-046     Document Type: Article

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