XynX, a Possible Exo-xylanase of Aeromonas caviae ME-1 that Produces Exclusively Xylobiose and Xylotetraose from Xylan

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1346-1352

  Usui, Kengo ^a   Ibata, Keiji ^a   Suzuki, Tohru ^a   Kawai, Keiichi ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aeromonas caviae ME 1; Exo xylanase; Family 10; Gene cloning; X2 X4 forming xylanase

Indexed keywords

DISACCHARIDE; XYLAN; XYLAN 1,4 BETA XYLOSIDASE; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE; XYLOBIOSE;

AEROMONAS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC CODE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AEROMONAS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DISACCHARIDES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC CODE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; XYLAN ENDO-1,3-BETA-XYLOSIDASE; XYLANS; XYLOSIDASES;

EID: 0033175237     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.63.1346     Document Type: Article

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