An endoglucanase from the anaerobic fungus Orpinomyces joyonii: Characterization of the gene and its product

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 477-485

  Liu, Jin Hao ^a   Selinger, L Brent ^a   Hu, You Ji ^a,c   Moloney, Maurice M ^b   Cheng, Kuo Joan ^a   Beauchemin, Karen A ^a  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoglucanase; Expression; Orpinomyces joyonii; Recombinant protein

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; GENE PRODUCT; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIBROBACTER SUCCINOGENES; FUNGI; ORPINOMYCES JOYONII;

EID: 0030792359     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m97-067     Document Type: Article

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