Chitobiase, a new reporter enzyme.

doi:10.2144/98256rr02

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Chitobiase, a new reporter enzyme.

BioTechniques - 1 Dec 1998

Kalabat D Y, Froelich J M, Phuong T K, Forsyth R A, Newman V G, Zyskind J W

Abstract excerpt

N,N'-diacetylchitobiase (chitobiase) from the marine organism Vibrio harveyi is a highly stable reporter enzyme for gene fusions. This enzyme hydrolyzes the disaccharide chitobiose to N-acetyl glucosamine. The advantages of the reporter gene encoding chitobiase (chb) are: (i) that chitobiase and...

Topics

Acetylglucosaminidase
Amino Acid Sequence
Bacterial Proteins
Bacteriophages
Base Sequence
DNA Replication
DNA-Binding Proteins
Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
Gene Expression Regulation, Viral
Genes, Reporter
Genotype
Lac Operon
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
Phenotype
Plasmids
Promoter Regions, Genetic
Recombinant Fusion Proteins

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PMID: 9863057
DOI: 10.2144/98256rr02

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