Isolation and characterization of the 54-kDa and 22-kDa chitinase genes of Serratia marcescens KCTC2172

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 197-204

  Gal, Sang Wan ^a   Choi, Ji Young ^a   Kim, Cha Young ^a   Hwa Cheong, Yong ^a   Choi, Young Ju ^b   Bahk, Jeong Dong ^a   Lee, Sang Yeol ^a   Cho, Moo Je ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^b Pusan Women's University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chitinase; Cloning; Serratia marcescens

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STOP CODON; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHITINASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 0141596730     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00159-6     Document Type: Article

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