Cloning, sequencing, and expression of a chitinase-encoding gene from Bacillus circulans No. 4.1

Current Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 167-172

  Wiwat, Chanpen ^a   Thepouyporn, Apanchanid ^a   Siwayaprahm, Patcharaporn ^a   Bhumiratana, Amaret ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITINASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CIRCULANS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACILLUS CIRCULANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHITINASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0036511590     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-001-0084-7     Document Type: Article

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