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Functional Analysis of the Chitin-binding Domain of a Family 19 Chitinase from Streptomyces griseus HUT6037: Substrate-binding Affinity and cis-Dominant Increase of Antifungal Function

Yoshikane ITOHDepartment of Biosystem Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University 8050 Ikarashi-2, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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Tomokazu KAWASEDepartment of Biosystem Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University 8050 Ikarashi-2, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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Naoki NIKAIDOUDepartment of Biosystem Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University 8050 Ikarashi-2, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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Harumi FUKADALaboratory of Biophysical Chemistry, Graduate School of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan
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Masaru MITSUTOMIDepartment of Applied Biological Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Saga University 1 Honjo-machi, Saga 840-8502, Japan
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Takeshi WATANABEDepartment of Biosystem Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University 8050 Ikarashi-2, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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Yoshifumi ITOHDivision of Applied Microbiology, National Food Research Institute Kannondai 2-1-12, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8642, Japan
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Pages 1084-1092 | Received 07 Dec 2001, Accepted 23 Jan 2002, Published online: 22 May 2014

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