Molecular cloning, nucleotide sequencing, and regulation of the chiA gene encoding one of Chitinases from Enterobacter sp. G-l

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 493-501

  Park, Jae Kweon ^a   Okamoto, Takashi ^a   Yamasaki, Yukikazu ^c   Tanaka, Katsunori ^a   Nakagawa, Tsuyoshi ^b   Kawamukai, Makoto ^a   Matsuda, Hideyuki ^a  

^a Faculty of Life and Environmental Science

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chitinase; Enterobacter sp; G l; Inverted repeat sequence

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIODEGRADATION; CHITIN; COLIFORM BACTERIA; ENZYMES; GENES; OLIGOMERS;

CHITINASE; NORTHERN BLOTTING HYBRIDIZATION ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES;

CLONING;

EID: 0031355633     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-338X(97)81901-0     Document Type: Article

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