Identification and characterization of a polysaccharide deacetylase gene from Bacillus thuringiensis

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 935-941

  Hu, Kun ^a   Yang, Haihua ^b   Liu, Gang ^b   Tan, Huarong ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Microscopy; Polysaccharide deacetylase; Spore germination

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPORE GERMINATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROGRAPHS; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

AMINO ACIDS; CLONING; GENES; MUTAGENESIS; POLYSACCHARIDES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VEGETATION;

BACTERIA;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ALANINE; POLYSACCHARIDE DEACETYLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; CLONE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GERMINATION; MICROSCOPY; POLYSACCHARIDE; SPORE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPORE GERMINATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUTATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

EID: 33846427308     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W06-045     Document Type: Article

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