Purification and characterization of a family 5 endoglucanase from a moderately thermophilic strain of Bacillus licheniformis

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 1761-1765

  Bischoff, Kenneth M ^a   Rooney, Alejandro P ^a   Li, Xin Liang ^a   Liu, Siqing ^a   Hughes, Stephen R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus licheniformis; Carboxymethylcellulase; Endoglucanase; Thermophilic

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; ENDOGLUCANASE; THERMOPHILIC; ZYMOGRAM ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; BIODIVERSITY; DIFFUSION; GELS; PH EFFECTS; PURIFICATION;

ENZYMES;

CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULASE; CELLULASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS; CELLULASE; ENZYME STABILITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 33748997640     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-006-9153-0     Document Type: Article

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