Multiple genes involved in chitin degradation from the marine bacterium Pseudoalteromonas sp. strain S91

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 925-934

  Techkarnjanaruk, Somkiet ^a   Goodman, Amanda E ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chitin degradation; Chitinase; Chitobiase; Glycosyl hydrolases; Pseudoalteromonas

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CHITIN; CHITINASE; GLYCOSIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PSEUDOALTERMONAS; TRANSPOSON;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS;

EID: 0032955632     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-4-925     Document Type: Article

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