A chitin-binding domain in a marine bacterial chitinase and other microbial chitinases: Implications for the ecology and evolution of 1,4-β-glycanases

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1299-1308

  Svitil, Amy L ^a   Kirchman, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulose binding domain; Chitin binding domain; Chitinase; Vibrio harveyi

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; CHITIN; CHITINASE; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COLLOID; DIFFUSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HYDROLYSIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; UNCULTURED MARINE BACTERIUM; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 0031782072     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-5-1299     Document Type: Article

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