Purification and characterization of chitinase from Alcaligenes xylosoxydans

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 715-717

  Vaidya, Rajiv ^a   Roy, Satarupa ^a   Macmil, Simone ^a   Gandhi, Sapan ^a   Vyas, Pranav ^a   Chhatpar, H S ^a  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

Alcaligenes xylosoxydans; Aspergillus niger; Chitinase; Purification

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; METAL;

ALCALIGENES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCELIUM; PH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

ALCALIGENES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHITINASE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCELIUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

ACHROMOBACTER XYLOSOXIDANS; ALCALIGENES; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER;

EID: 0037680706     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023406630791     Document Type: Article

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