Bacterial α-glucan phosphorylases

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 73-79

  Schinzel, Reinhard ^a   Nidetzky, Bernd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Glucan phosphorylase; Glycogen; Maltodextrin; Regulation

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN; MALTODEXTRIN; PHOSPHORYLASE;

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM; CATALYSIS; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCOGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPOROGENESIS; STARVATION; STRESS; VERTEBRATE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; PHOSPHORYLASES;

EID: 0032966504     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00580-1     Document Type: Review

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