Characterization of a cytoplasmic trehalase of Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 6250-6257

  Horlacher, Reinhold ^a   Uhland, Kerstin ^a   Klein, Wolfgang ^a,b   Ehrmann, Michael ^a   Boos, Winfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; TREHALASE; TREHALOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OSMOLARITY; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ARA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029972189     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.21.6250-6257.1996     Document Type: Article

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