Serratia marcescens and its extracellular nuclease

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-13

  Benedik, Michael J ^a   Strych, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA hydrolysis; Extracellular secretion; Nuclease; Serratia marcescens

Indexed keywords

NUCLEASE; RECOMBINANT DNA;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME RELEASE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE CONTROL; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENDONUCLEASES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

SERRATIA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 0032145316     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00234-1     Document Type: Review

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