Sequence of xynC and properties of XynC, a major component of the Clostridium thermocellum cellulosome

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 4246-4253

  Hayashi, Hidenori ^a   Takagi, Ken Ichiro ^a   Fukumura, Masayuki ^a   Kimura, Tetsuya ^a   Karita, Shuichi ^a   Sakka, Kazuo ^a   Ohmiya, Kunio ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVE; HEMICELLULOSE; XYLAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOSTABILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030878526     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.13.4246-4253.1997     Document Type: Article

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