Directed evolution for increased chitinase activity

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 135-139

  Fan, Yanhua ^a   Fang, Weiguo ^a,b   Xiao, Yuehua ^a   Yang, Xingyong ^a   Zhang, Yongjun ^a   Bidochka, Michael J ^b   Pei, Yan ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Catalytic activity; Chitinase; DNA shuffling

Indexed keywords

BINDING SITES; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDES; PEPTIDES; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; DNA SHUFFLING; POINT MUTATION; SIGNAL PEPTIDES;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

CHITINASE;

AMINO ACID; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; FUNGUS; GENE; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MUTATION; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA; BINDING SITE; CHITINASE GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SHUFFLING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; POINT MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE;

BEAUVERIA; CATALYSIS; CHITINASE; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; DNA SHUFFLING; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE LIBRARY; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS;

CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 34547580194     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-007-0996-7     Document Type: Article

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