Sequence of the V. parahaemolyticus gene for cytoplasmic N,N'-diacetylchitobiase and homology with related enzymes

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1086-1093

  Wu, Michael H ^a   Laine, Roger A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chitin degradation; Cytoplasmic chitobiase; DNA sequence; Homology; Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Indexed keywords

BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; CHITIN; CHITINASE; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; GLYCOSIDASE; LYSOSOME ENZYME; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIBRIO; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 0032806643     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022390     Document Type: Article

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