Gene sequence analysis and properties of EGC, a family E (9) endoglucanase from Fibrobacter succinogenes BL2

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-84

  Béra, Christel ^a   Broussolle, Véronique ^a   Forano, Evelyne ^a   Gaudet, Geneviève ^a,b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Endoglucanase; Family E cellulase; Fibrobacter succinogenes; Rumen bacterium

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUMEN MICROORGANISM;

EID: 0343882005     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(95)00496-3     Document Type: Article

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