Molecular cloning, structural analysis, and expression in Escherichia coli of a chitinase gene from Enterobacter agglomerans

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 834-839

  Chernin, Leonid S ^a   De La Fuente, Leonardo ^a,d   Sobolev, Vladimir ^b   Haran, Shoshan ^a   Vorgias, Constantin E ^c   Oppenheim, Amos B ^a   Chet, Ilan ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPHOMYCETES; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HYPHOMYCETES; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; RHIZOCTONIA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 0031038259     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.3.834-839.1997     Document Type: Article

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