Structural and sequence-based classification of glycoside hydrolases

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 637-644

  Henrissat, Bernard ^a   Davies, Gideon ^b  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHES SUR LES MACROMOLÉCULES VÉGÉTALES CERMAV CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSIDASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030733350     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(97)80072-3     Document Type: Article

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