Characterization of the agarase system of a multiple carbohydrate degrading marine bacterium

Cytobios

Volumn 413, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2001, Pages 99-117

  Whitehead, L A ^b   Stosz, S K ^a   Weiner, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Agar; Agarase; Complex carbohydrate; Marine bacterium; Microbulbifer species

Indexed keywords

AGARASE; CARBOHYDRASE; GLYCOSIDASE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOELECTRIC POINT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MARINE BIOLOGY; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0347608934     PISSN: 00114529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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