Fusarium polycaprolactone depolymerase is cutinase

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 456-460

  Murphy, Catherine A ^a   Cameron, J A ^a   Huang, Samuel J ^a   Vinopal, Robert T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CUTINASE; CUTINE; ESTERASE; OLIGOMER; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYCAPROLACTONE DEPOLYMERASE; POLYESTER; POLYMER; PROTEIN HYDROLYSATE; SERINE DEHYDRATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FUNGUS MUTANT; FUSARIUM; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0030046025     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.2.456-460.1996     Document Type: Article

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