Dockerin-like sequences in cellulases and xylanases from the rumen cellulolytic bacterium Ruminococcus flavefaciens

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 213-219

  Kirby, James ^a   Martin, Jennifer C ^a   Daniel, Anne S ^a   Flint, Harry J ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cellulase; Cellulosome; Dockerin; Domain organization; Multienzyme complex; Rumen bacteria; Ruminococcus flavefaciens; Xylanase

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RUMEN MICROORGANISM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLULASE; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RUMEN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; XYLAN ENDO-1,3-BETA-XYLOSIDASE; XYLOSIDASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM SP.; RUMINOCOCCUS FLAVEFACIENS; RUMINOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 0030937055     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00078-5     Document Type: Article

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