Cloning and sequence analysis of a polyurethane esterase of Comamonas acidovorans TB-35

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 339-345

  Nomura, Nobuhiko ^a   Shigeno Akutsu, Yukie ^a   Nakajima Kambe, Toshiaki ^a   Nakahara, Tadaatsu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cloning; Comamonas acidovorans; Esterase; Nucleotide sequence; Polyurethane

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CLONING; DNA SEQUENCES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POLYURETHANES;

BACTERIAL STRAINS; DEPOLYMERASES;

ENZYMES;

ESTERASE; POLYURETHAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TORPEDO CALIFORNICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COMAMONAS; COMAMONAS ACIDOVORANS; DELFTIA ACIDOVORANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; TORPEDO CALIFORNICA;

EID: 0031770177     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-338X(99)89001-1     Document Type: Article

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