Heterologous expression and enzymatic characterization of β-glucosidase from the drywood-eating termite, Neotermes koshunensis

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 457-463

  Ni, Jinfeng ^a,b   Tokuda, Gaku ^a,c   Takehara, Motomi ^a   Watanabe, Hirofumi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

glucosidase; Heterologous expression; Neotermes koshunensis; Termite

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ISOPTERA; NEOTERMES KOSHUNENSIS;

EID: 36849085009     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2007.457     Document Type: Article

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