Cloning of the Escherichia coli endo-1,4-D-glucanase gene and identification of its product

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 236-241

  Park, Y W ^a   Yun, H D ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

1,4 D glucan glucanohydrolase; Activity staining; bcsC; Escherichia coli

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; CELLULASE; DNA FRAGMENT; GLYCOSIDASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COSMID VECTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELLULASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOMIC LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

ACETOBACTER; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; CELLULOMONAS UDA; ERWINIA; ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI; ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; GLUCONACETOBACTER XYLINUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032992193     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050962     Document Type: Article

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