Microbial β-glucosidases: Cloning, properties, and applications

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 375-407

  Bhatia, Yukti ^a   Mishra, Saroj ^a   Bisaria, V S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Glycosynthases; Microbial glucosidases; Recombinant glucosidases; Transglycosylation

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CELLS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENZYMES; POLYSACCHARIDES; YEAST;

THERMOSTABILITY;

CLONING;

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CLONING; ENZYME STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THERMOSTABILITY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA;

BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HYDROLYSIS; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036448608     PISSN: 07388551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07388550290789568     Document Type: Review

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