Expression of an Erwinia pectate lyase in three species of Aspergillus

Current Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 474-481

  Bartling, S ^a   Van Den Hombergh, J P T W ^b   Olsen, O ^a   Von Wettstein, D ^a   Visser, J ^b  

^a CARLSBERG LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Expression; Glycosylation; Processing; Proteolytic degradation

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS AWAMORI; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ERWINIA; FUNGI; PECTOBACTERIUM ATROSEPTICUM; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM;

HYBRID PROTEIN; PECTATE LYASE; POLYSACCHARIDE LYASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; ERWINIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SECRETION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS; BASE SEQUENCE; ERWINIA; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYSACCHARIDE-LYASES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030117868     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02221517     Document Type: Article

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