Purification and characterization of 2,6-β-D-fructan 6- levanbiohydrolase from Streptomyces exfoliatus F3-2

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 252-256

  Saito, Katsuichi ^a   Kondo, Kazuya ^a   Kojima, Ichiro ^b   Yokota, Atsushi ^c,d   Tomita, Fusao ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nippon Mitsubishi Oil Corporation   (Japan)

^c Hokkaido University   (Japan)

^d Res Group of Molecular Bioscience   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HYDROLYSIS; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; STREPTOMYCES; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0033987852     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.1.252-256.2000     Document Type: Article

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