Distribution and properties of endo-β-1,4-glucanase from a lower termite, coptotermes formosanus (shiraki)

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1500-1506

  Nakashima, Keisuke ^a   Azuma, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cellulase; Coptotermes formosanus; Endo 1,4 glucanase; Lower termite; Salivary glands

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISOPTERA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELLULASE; ISOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034223056     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.64.1500     Document Type: Article

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