Expression of a Ruminococcus albus cellulase gene in tobacco suspension cells

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 205-209

  Kawazu, Tetsu ^a   Ohta, Tsutomu ^a   Ito, Kazuya ^a   Shibata, Masaru ^a   Kimura, Tetsuya ^b   Sakka, Kazuo ^b   Ohmiya, Kunio ^b  

^a OJI PAPER CO LTD   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cellulase gene; electroporation; Ruminococcus albus; tobacco suspension cell

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE;

ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CELL TRANSFORMATION; DIGESTION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID;

BOVIDAE; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; RUMINOCOCCUS ALBUS;

EID: 0029911485     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0922-338X(96)88809-X     Document Type: Article

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