Molecular Cloning of the Gene Encoding a Novel β-N-Acetylhexosaminidase from a Marine Bacterium, Alteromonas sp. Strain O-7, and Characterization of the Cloned Enzyme

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 471-475

  Tsujibo, Hiroshi ^a   Miyamoto, Katsushiro ^a   Yoshimura, Makiko ^a   Takata, Miwa ^a   Miyamoto, Junko ^a   Inamori, Yoshihiko ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alteromonas sp.; Chitin oligosaccharide; N acetylhexosaminidase

Indexed keywords

ALTEROMONAS; ALTEROMONAS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED MARINE BACTERIUM;

BACTERIAL DNA; BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE;

ALTEROMONAS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALTEROMONAS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-N-ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0036481450     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.66.471     Document Type: Article

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