Isolation, analysis, and expression of two genes from Thermoanaerobacterium sp. strain JW/SL YS485: A β-xylosidase and a novel acetyl xylan esterase with cephalosporin C deacetylase activity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 5436-5441

  Lorenz, W Walter ^a   Wiegel, Juergen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEACETYLCEPHALOSPORIN C; XYLAN 1,4 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ACETYLATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; THERMOANAEROBACTERIUM SACCHAROLYTICUM; THERMOANAEROBACTERIUM SP.;

EID: 0030886131     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.17.5436-5441.1997     Document Type: Article

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