Purification, characterization, cDNA cloning and nucleotide sequencing of a cellulase from the yellow-spotted longicorn beetle, Psacothea hilaris

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 270, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 3455-3460

  Sugimura, Masahiro ^a   Watanabe, Hirofumi ^a   Lo, Nathan ^a   Saito, Hitoshi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cDNA cloning; Cellulase; Endoglucanase; Insect; Purification

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; CELLOBIOSE; CELLULASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE OXIDASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CELL PH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GLUCOSE ASSAY; INSECT; LARVA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYADENYLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERIZATION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PSACOTHEA HILARIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LARVA;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PSACOTHEA HILARIS;

EID: 0041926672     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03735.x     Document Type: Article

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