Isolation and characterization of chitinases from Verticillium lecanii

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1045-1055

  Lu, Zhen Xiang ^a   Laroche, André ^a   Huang, Hung Chang ^a  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chitin; Cloning; Fungus; Pichia sp. expression; Sequencing; Transformation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; CHITIN; CLONING; DNA; GENES;

PICHIA SP. EXPRESSION; SEQUENCING; TRANSFORAMATION;

FUNGI;

CHITIN; CHITINASE; DNA FRAGMENT; GENOMIC DNA;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CHI2 GENE; CHII GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; FUNGAL GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PH; PHYLOGENY; PICHIA PASTORIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; VERTICILLIUM LECANII;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CHITIN; CHITINASE; CULTURE MEDIA; GENES, FUNGAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PICHIA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VERTICILLIUM;

FUNGI; PICHIA PASTORIS; PICHIA SP.; TORRUBIELLA CONFRAGOSA;

EID: 33644839225     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w05-088     Document Type: Article

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