Characterization of an acetyl xylan esterase from the anaerobic fungus Orpinomyces sp. strain PC-2

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 3990-3995

  Blum, David L ^a   Li, Xin Liang ^a   Chen, Huizhong ^a   Ljungdahl, Lars G ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLXYLAN ESTERASE; AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTERASE; FUNGAL DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLAN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; ORPINOMYCES; PROTEIN DOMAIN; START CODON;

CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; NEOCALLIMASTIX; NEOCALLIMASTIX PATRICIARUM; ORPINOMYCES;

EID: 0032824378     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.9.3990-3995.1999     Document Type: Article

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