Mannuronan C-5-Epimerases and Their Application for in Vitro and in Vivo Design of New Alginates Useful in Biotechnology

Metabolic Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 262-269

  Ertesvåg, Helga ^a   Høidal, Hilde Kristin ^a   Schjerven, Hilde ^a   Svanem, Britt Iren Glærum ^a   Valla, Svein ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; EPIMERASE; MANNURONAN C 5 EPIMERASE; MANNURONAN C-5-EPIMERASE; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DESIGN; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ALGINATES; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DRUG DESIGN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 0033156681     PISSN: 10967176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mben.1999.0130     Document Type: Article

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