Cloning, sequencing, and expression of the gene encoding Clostridium paraputrificum chitinase ChiB and analysis of the functions of novel cadherin-like domains and a chitin-binding domain

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 7306-7314

  Morimoto, Kenji ^a   Karita, Shuichi ^a   Kimura, Tetsuya ^a   Sakka, Kazuo ^a   Ohmiya, Kunio ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CHITIN; CHITINASE; FIBRONECTIN; HYMECROMONE GLUCURONIDE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY;

EID: 0030726362     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.23.7306-7314.1997     Document Type: Article

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