Analysis of hydrolytic activity of a 65-kDa chitinase from the silkworm, bombyx mori

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1119-1122

  Abdel Banat, Babiker M A ^a   Zhou, Weiwen ^a   Karasuda, Shuji ^a   Koga, Daizo ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

65 kDa chitinase; Bombyx mori; Cleavage pattern; N acetylchitooligosaccharides; anomer formation

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; SILKWORM;

ANIMALS; BOMBYX; CHITINASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HYDROLYSIS;

BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI;

EID: 0036561022     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.66.1119     Document Type: Article

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