N-acetylglucosaminidase (chitobiase) from Serratia marcescens: Gene sequence, and protein production and purification in Escherichia coli

Gene

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-67

  Tews, Ivo ^a   Vincentelli, Renauld ^a   Vorgias, Constantin E ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Expression; Family 20 glycosyl hydrolases

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029988664     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(95)00848-9     Document Type: Article

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