Molecular cloning and purification of an endochitinase from Serratia marcescens (Nima)

Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 103-111

  Ruiz Sanchez, Alejandro ^a,b   Cruz Camarillo, Ramon ^b   Salcedo Hernandez, Ruben ^a   Ibarra, Jorge E ^c   Barboza Corona, Jose Eleazar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Chitinases; Cry proteins; Fluorogenic substrates; Serratia marcescens

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ENZYMES; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SUBSTRATES;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CHITINASES; CRY PROTEINS; FLUOROGENIC SUBSTRATES; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

GENES;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HYDROPHOBICITY; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PH MEASUREMENT; PURIFICATION; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHITINASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME STABILITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TEMPERATURE;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 24944517183     PISSN: 10736085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/MB:31:2:103     Document Type: Article

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