Nucleotide sequence and expression of a gene (chiB) for a chitinase from Streptomyces lividans

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 26-31

  Miyashita, Kiyotaka ^a   Fujii, Takeshi ^a   Watanabe, Akio ^a   Ueno, Hideto ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR WESTERN REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

chitinase gene; domain structure; Streptomyces lividans

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; CHITIN; DNA SEQUENCES; ENZYMES; POLYPEPTIDES;

CHITINASE;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BACTERIAL RNA; CHITINASE; PLASMID DNA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STREPTOMYCES LIVIDANS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOMYCES LIVIDANS; STREPTOMYCES OLIVACEOVIRIDIS; STREPTOMYCES PLICATUS;

EID: 0031041984     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-338X(97)87322-9     Document Type: Article

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