Analysis of a Thermotoga maritima DNA fragment encoding two similar thermostable cellulases, CelA and CelB, and characterization of the recombinant enzymes

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2533-2542

  Liebl, Wolfgang ^a   Ruile, Peter ^a   Bronnenmeier, Karin ^a   Riedel, Katrin ^a   Lottspeich, Friedrich ^b   Greif, Ingrid ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cellulase; Nucleotide sequence; Purification; Thermostability; glucanase

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCAN HYDROLASE; CELLULASE; DNA FRAGMENT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 0029774346     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-142-9-2533     Document Type: Article

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