Production of long-chain levan by a sacc insertional mutant from bacillus subtilis 327UH

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1555-1558

  Shida, Toshio ^a   Mukaijo, Kohsuke ^a   Ishikawa, Shu ^a   Yamamoto, Hiroki ^a   Sekiguchi, Junichi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Degu hyper strain; Levan; Levanase; Sacc

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; OCTODON DEGUS;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FRUCTAN; GLYCOSIDASE; LEVANASE; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PLASMID;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRUCTANS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; SUCROSE; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0036651861     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.66.1555     Document Type: Article

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