Degradation of cellulases in cultures of Cellulomonas fimi

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-12

  Sandercock, L E ^a   Meinke, A ^a,b   Gilkes, N R ^a   Kilburn, D G ^a   Warren, R A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cellulase; Cellulomonas; Degradation; Proteolysis

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; GLUCAN SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELLULOMONAS; ENZYME DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CELLULOMONAS; CELLULOMONAS FIMI;

EID: 0030587540     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00297-2     Document Type: Article

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