Kinetics and Relative Importance of Phosphorolytic and Hydrolytic Cleavage of Cellodextrins and Cellobiose in Cell Extracts of Clostridium thermocellum

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1563-1569

  Zhang, Yi Heng Percival ^a   Lynd, Lee R ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CHEMICAL BONDS; CYTOLOGY; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

HYDROLYTIC CLEAVAGE; PHOSPHORYLATION;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BETA GLUCAN; CARBOHYDRATE; CELL EXTRACT; CELLOBIOSE; CELLODEXTRIN; CELLOPENTAOSE; CELLOTETRAOSE; CELLULOSE; DEXTRIN; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE; GLUCOSIDE; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROLYSIS; LYSIS; METABOLIC REGULATION; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOROLYSIS; PHOSPHORYLATION;

CELLOBIOSE; CELLULOSE; CLOSTRIDIUM; DEXTRINS; GLUCANS; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PHOSPHORYLATION; TETROSES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM ATCC 27405; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 1642273858     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.3.1563-1569.2004     Document Type: Article

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