Expression of a Beauveria bassiana chitinase (Bbchit1) in Escherichia coli and Pichia pastoris

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 93-99

  Fan, Yanhua ^a   Zhang, Yongjun ^a   Yang, Xingyong ^a   Pei, Xiaoqiong ^a   Guo, Shujuan ^a   Pei, Yan ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Chitinase; Escherichia coli; Pichia pastoris; Purification

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE;

ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PICHIA; PROTEIN FOLDING;

BEAUVERIA; CHITINASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; PICHIA; PROTEIN FOLDING;

BEAUVERIA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; PICHIA PASTORIS;

EID: 34848887991     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2007.06.012     Document Type: Article

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