Molecular characterization of a novel chitinase from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 945-953

  Driss, F ^a   Kallassy Awad, M ^b   Zouari, N ^a   Jaoua, Samir ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Chitibiosidase; Cloning; Expression; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ENCODING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CHITIBIOSIDASE; CHITINASES; CHITINOLYTIC ACTIVITY; EXPRESSION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION; SEQUENCING; THURINGIENSIS;

CLONING;

AMINO ACID; CHI255 ENZYME; CHITINASE; HYDROLASE; INSECTICIDE; NUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRAIT; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; HYDROLYSIS; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; SUBSPECIES;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR KURSTAKI; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 25844465801     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2005.02639.x     Document Type: Article

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