Directed evolution of a Bacillus chitinase

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 501-509

  Songsiriritthigul, Chomphunuch ^a   Pesatcha, Putarika ^b   Eijsink, Vincent G H ^c   Yamabhai, Montarop ^b  

^a National Synchrotron Research Center Thailand   (Thailand)

^b SURANAREE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bacillus licheniformis; Chitinase; Directed evolution; DNA shuffling; Error prone PCR

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; CHITINASE; DIRECTED EVOLUTION; DNA SHUFFLING; ERROR-PRONE PCR;

CHITIN; DNA; GENES; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

4 NITROPHENYL BETA 1,4 N,N' DIACETYLCHITOBIOSE; CHITIN; CHITINASE; GLYCOSIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; DNA SHUFFLING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; GENE LIBRARY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS; BUFFERS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CHITIN; CHITINASE; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; DNA SHUFFLING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHOSPHATES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; CRUSTACEA;

EID: 65549108312     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: 18607314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.200800258     Document Type: Article

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