Molecular analysis of the gene encoding a new chitinase from the marine psychrophilic bacterium Moritella marina and biochemical characterization of the recombinant enzyme

Extremophiles

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 541-552

  Stefanidi, Eleni ^a   Vorgias, Constantinos E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biochemical characterization; Chitinase; Cold adapted; Marine bacterium; Moritella; Purification

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITINASE; CHITINASE C; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; CHEMISTRY; COLD; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORITELLA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CALORIMETRY; CHITIN; CHITINASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLD; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORITELLA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTEIN DENATURATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MORITELLA; MORITELLA MARINA; STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS;

EID: 46149122971     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-008-0155-9     Document Type: Article

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