Cloning and sequencing of a chitinase gene from Vibrio alginolyticus H-8

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 501-505

  Ohishi, Kazuo ^c   Murase, Kohji ^a   Ohta, Toshiya ^b   Etoh, Hideo ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Numazu Indust Res Inst of S   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Chitinase; Cloning; Vibrio alginolyticus

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; CELL CULTURE; CHITIN; CLONING; ENZYMES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHITINASE; PEPTIDE; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS;

GENES;

CHITINASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS;

NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS; VIBRIO FURNISSII; VIBRIO HARVEYI; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 0033917716     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-1723(00)89106-9     Document Type: Article

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