Saturation mutagenesis of three amino acid positions consisting of the active site of an endoglucanase from termite Coptotermes formosanus

Shengwu Gongcheng Xuebao/Chinese Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 927-931

  Lin, Lihua ^a   Qin, Guomei ^a   Wei, Yutuo ^a   Du, Liqin ^a   Pang, Zongwen ^a   Huang, Ribo ^a,b  

^a GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FOR NON FOOD BIOREFINERY   (China)

Author keywords

Combined mutation; Coptotermes formosanus; Endoglucanase; Site directed mutagenesis; Site saturation mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CELLULASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOPTERA; METABOLISM; MUTATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CELLULASE; ISOPTERA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION;

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; NASUTITERMES TAKASAGOENSIS; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 77954772965     PISSN: 10003061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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