Growth of hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus on chitin involves two family 18 chitinases

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 3119-3128

  Gao, Jun ^a   Bauer, Michael W ^a,b   Shockley, Keith R ^a   Pysz, Marybeth A ^a   Kelly, Robert M ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b SYNGENTA BIOTECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONING; ENZYMES; GENES; GROWTH KINETICS; SUBSTRATES;

NUCLEOTIDES;

CHITIN;

CHITIN; CHITINASE;

CHITIN; MICROBIOLOGY; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CATALYSIS; FUNGAL CELL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; PYROCOCCUS; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS;

EID: 0038317570     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.6.3119-3128.2003     Document Type: Article

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