Purification and characterisation of endo-β-1,4-glucanase and laminarinase enzymes from the gecarcinid land crab Gecarcoidea natalis and the aquatic crayfish Cherax destructor

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 2275-2287

  Allardyce, Benjamin J ^a   Linton, Stuart M ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cherax destructor; Endo 1,4 glucanase; Gecarcoidea natalis; Laminarinase; Land crab

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRACHYURA; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CRAYFISH; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PH;

ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; BRACHYURA; CELLULASE; CELLULASES; CELLULOSE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ASTACOIDEA; CHERAX DESTRUCTOR; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GECARCINIDAE; GECARCOIDEA NATALIS;

EID: 49749096392     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.017657     Document Type: Article

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