Functional identification of bacterial glucosyltransferase WbdN

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1022, Issue , 2013, Pages 199-214

  Gao, Yin ^a   Vinnikova, Anna ^a   Brockhausen, Inka ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fluorescent acceptor substrate; Glucosyltransferase; Linkage analysis; NMR; WbdN

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FREEZE DRYING; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84880453685     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-465-4_16     Document Type: Article

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