Characterization of engF, a gene for a non-cellulosomal Clostridium cellulovorans endoglucanase

Gene

Volumn 182, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 163-167

  Sheweita, Salah A ^a,b   Ichi Ishi, Akihiko ^a   Park, Jae Seon ^a   Liu, Chichi ^a,c   Malburg Jr , Laercio M ^a   Doi, Roy H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Developmental Center for Biotechnology   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cellulosome; Homology; Sequence; Substrate specificity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROTEIN; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; CELLULOSE; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; GLYCOSIDASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GENE; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CALCIUM; CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLOSTRIDIUM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM CELLULOVORANS; ERWINIA; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM;

EID: 0030571536     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00544-6     Document Type: Article

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