Purification and gene cloning of a chitosanase from Bacillus ehimensis EAG1

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 383-385

  Akiyama, Kouichi ^a   Fujita, Tadashi ^a   Kuroshima, Ken Ichi ^b   Sakane, Takeshi ^b   Yokota, Akira ^c   Takata, Renkichi ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus ehimensis; Chitosanase; Cloning; Purification

Indexed keywords

CHITOSANASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ENZYME PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BACILLUS EHIMENSIS;

EID: 0032924364     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-1723(99)80050-4     Document Type: Article

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