Characterization of a novel endo-levanase and its gene from Bacillus sp. L7

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-28

  Miasnikov, Andrei N ^a  

^a DANISCO A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

EC 3.2.1.65; Fructofuranosidase; Fructooligosaccharide; Levan; Levanase

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; LEVANASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

BACILLUS SP.; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030883454     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00295-4     Document Type: Article

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