Chitinase gene diversity at a deep sea station of the east Pacific nodule province

Extremophiles

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 463-467

  Lian, Mingzhu ^a   Lin, Shu ^b   Zeng, Runying ^a  

^a SOA Fujian Collaborative Innovation Center for Exploitation and Utilization of Marine Biological Resources Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

chiA; Chitinase; Deep sea; Diversity; Pacific nodule province

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CHITINASE; DNA PRIMERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SERRATIA;

EID: 34248339536     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-006-0057-7     Document Type: Article

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