Analysis of molecular size distributions of cellulose molecules during hydrolysis of cellulose by recombinant Cellulomas fimi β-1,4-glucanases

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2374-2379

  Stålbrand, Henrik ^a,b   Mansfield, Shawn D ^a   Saddler, John N ^a   Kilburn, Douglas G ^a   Warren, R Antony J ^a   Gilkes, Neil R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE 1,4 BETA CELLOBIOSIDASE; GLUCAN GLUCOSIDASE; GLUCAN SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CELLULOMONAS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; RECOMBINANT PLASMID;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CELLULOMONAS; CELLULOMONAS FIMI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0043093279     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.7.2374-2379.1998     Document Type: Article

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