Purification and characterization of a novel β-agarase from an alkalophilic bacterium, Alteromonas sp. E-1

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 436-441

  Kirimura, Kohtaro ^a   Masuda, Noriyoshi ^a   Iwasaki, Yousuke ^a   Nakagawa, Hiroyuki ^a   Kobayashi, Reijiro ^b   Usami, Shoji ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Cutaneous Research Section   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alteromonas; Neoagarobiose; Neoagarooligosaccharide; agarase

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATE; COPPER; EDETIC ACID; IRON; MANGANESE; MERCURY; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; STREPTOMYCIN; ZINC;

ALTEROMONAS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANION EXCHANGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GEL FILTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VISCOSITY;

ALTEROMONAS; ALTEROMONAS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HUMAN ECHOVIRUS 1;

EID: 0032914286     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-1723(99)80091-7     Document Type: Article

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