A novel gene encoding an enzyme that degrades a polysaccharide from the sheath of Sphaerotilus natans

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2300-2303

  Takeda, Minoru ^a   Nishina, Katsuya ^a   Hanaoka, Yuji ^a   Higo, Motoko ^a   Terui, Mutsumi ^a   Suzuki, Ichiro ^a   Koizumi, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Degradation; Expression; Paenibacillus koleovorans; Sheath polysaccharide; Sphaerotilus natans

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS KOLEOVORANS; PROKARYOTA; SPHAEROTILUS; SPHAEROTILUS NATANS;

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; ENZYME; HYBRID PROTEIN; LYASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; SPHAEROTILUS;

BACILLUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; LYASES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPHAEROTILUS;

EID: 3142783836     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.67.2300     Document Type: Article

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