Partial characterization of an extracellular β-fructofuranosidase from Clavibacter michiganensis subspecies sepedonicus

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 852-865

  Baer, Debra ^a   White, Alan R ^a   Gudmestad, Neil C ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dextransucrase; Glucosyltransferase; Levansucrase; Solanum tuberosum; Sucrase

Indexed keywords

BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; DEXTRANSUCRASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LEVANSUCRASE; MACROGOL; SUCRASE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUPERNATANT;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; CLAVIBACTER; CLAVIBACTER MICHIGANENSIS; CLAVIBACTER MICHIGANENSIS SUBSP. SEPEDONICUS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0032429607     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjm-44-9-852     Document Type: Article

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