Production and properties of a dextransucrase from Leuconostoc mesenteroides IBT-PQ isolated from 'pulque', a traditional Aztec alcoholic beverage

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 51-56

  Chellapandian, M ^a   Larios, C ^a   Sanchez Gonzalez, M ^a   Lopez Munguia, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dextransucrase; Glucosyltransferase; Leuconostoc mesenteroides; Pulque

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DEXTRANSUCRASE; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; LEUCONOSTOC; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

LEUCONOSTOC MESENTEROIDES;

EID: 0031742570     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jim.2900560     Document Type: Article

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