Cloning of hyaluronan synthase (sz-hos) gene from Streptococcus zooepidemicus in Escherichia coli

ScienceAsia

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 389-395

  Jongsareejit, Boonsri ^a   Bhumiratana, Amaret ^b   Morikawa, Masaaki ^c   Kanaya, Shigerri ^c  

^a SILPAKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Mahidol University   (Thailand)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene cloning; Hyaluronan synthase; Hyaluronic acid; Streptococcus sp

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049110137     PISSN: 15131874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2306/scienceasia1513-1874.2007.33.389     Document Type: Article

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