Purification and properties of two chitinases from Vibrio alginolyticus H-8

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 598-600

  Ohishi, Kazuo ^a   Yamagishi, Masaaki ^a   Ohta, Toshiya ^a   Suzuki, Mitsuaki ^a   Izumida, Hitoshi ^b   Sano, Hiroshi ^b   Nishijima, Miyuki ^b   Miwa, Tan ^c  

^a Numazu Industrial Research Institute of Shizuoka Prefecture   (Japan)

^b MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c K I Chemical Industry Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

chitin; chitinase; marine bacterium; purification; Vibrio alginolyticus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CHITINASE;

ARTICLE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME CHEMISTRY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS;

EID: 0030483096     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-338X(97)81260-3     Document Type: Article

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