Hydrolysis of filter-paper cellulose to glucose by two recombinant endogenous glycosyl hydrolases of Coptotermes formosanus

Insect Science

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 245-252

  Zhang, Dunhua ^a   Lax, Alan R ^a   Bland, John M ^a   Yu, Jiujiang ^a   Fedorova, Natalie ^b,c   Nierman, William C ^c  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

glucosidase; Biofuel; Cellulose digestion; Endo 1,4 glucanase; Termite

Indexed keywords

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA;

EID: 77954146586     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2010.01321.x     Document Type: Article

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