Crystallization of a family 8 cellulase from Clostridium thermocellum

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 134-136

  Souchon, Hélène ^a   Béguin, Pierre ^a   Alzari, Pedro M ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Clostridium thermocellum; endoglucanase CelA; family 8 glycohydrolase

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; GLYCOSIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0029977224     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(199605)25:1<134::AID-PROT12>3.3.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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