Purification, characterization, and nucleotide sequence of an intracellular maltotriose-producing α-amylase from Streptococcus bovis 148

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 4941-4944

  Satoh, Eiichi ^a,c   Uchimura, Tai ^a   Kudo, Toshiaki ^b   Komagata, Kazuo ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; MALTOSE; MALTOTRIOSE; STARCH;

ARTICLE; ENZYME PURIFICATION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS;

STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS;

EID: 0030777591     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.12.4941-4944.1997     Document Type: Article

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