Characterization of a Neocallimastix patriciarum xylanase gene and its product

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 970-974

  Liu, Jin Hao ^a   Selinger, Brent L ^b,c   Tsai, Cheng Fang ^a   Cheng, Kuo Jaon ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cellulose binding domain; Neocallimastix patriciarum; Xylanase

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CATALYSIS; CELL WALL; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE DELETION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEOCALLIMASTIX; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

NEOCALLIMASTIX PATRICIARUM;

EID: 0039110531     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w99-092     Document Type: Article

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