Distribution of chitinases and characterization of two chitinolytic enzymes from one-year-old Korean Ginseng (Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer) roots

BMB Reports

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 726-731

  Moon, Jong Kook ^a   Han, Beom Ku ^b   Kim, T Doohun ^a   Jo, Do Hyun ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Optifarm Solution Inc   (South Korea)

Author keywords

N acetylglucosaminidase; Endochitinase; Ginseng roots; Main and Lateral roots; Rhizomes

Indexed keywords

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; CHITINASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GINSENG; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PH; PLANT ROOT; SOUTH KOREA; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; CHITINASE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; PANAX; PLANT ROOTS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

PANAX GINSENG;

EID: 78649779730     PISSN: 19766696     EISSN: 1976670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3858/BMBRep.2010.43.11.726     Document Type: Article

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