Three multidomain esterases from the cellulolytic rumen anaerobe Ruminococcus flavefaciens 17 that carry divergent dockerin sequences

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1391-1397

  Aurilia, Vincenzo ^a,b   Martin, Jennifer C ^a   McCrae, Sheila I ^a   Scott, Karen P ^a   Rincon, Marco T ^a   Flint, Harry J ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cellulosome; Dockerin; Esterase; Rumen; Ruminococcus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLESTERASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; ESTERASE; FERULIC ACID; GENE PRODUCT; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUMINOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; RUMINOCOCCUS; RUMINOCOCCUS FLAVEFACIENS;

EID: 0034080081     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-6-1391     Document Type: Article

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