Cloning, expression, and characterization of a new β-agarase from Vibrio sp. strain CN41

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 7077-7079

  Liao, Li ^a   Xu, Xue Wei ^b   Jiang, Xia Wei ^a   Cao, Yi ^a,c   Yi, Na ^d   Huo, Ying Yi ^a   Wu, Yue Hong ^b   Zhu, Xu Fen ^a   Zhang, Xin Qi ^a   Wu, Min ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^d XINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; END-PRODUCTS; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; NEOAGAROTETRAOSE; VIBRIO SP;

AMINO ACIDS; SUGARS;

CLONING;

AGARASE; BACTERIAL DNA; GLYCOSIDASE;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; CLONE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIBRIO;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIBRIO;

EID: 82955227635     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.05364-11     Document Type: Article

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