Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of the chitinase gene from Bacillus thuringiensis serovar alesti

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 635-639

  Lin, Yi ^a   Xiong, Guan ^b  

^a HUAQIAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Chitinase; Molecular cloning; Sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; CHITINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CELLULASES; CHITINASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ALESTI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSECTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 3342961755     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BILE.0000023021.50213.ed     Document Type: Article

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