Heterologous expression of full-length and truncated forms of the recombinant guluronate-specific alginate lyase of Klebsiella pneumoniae

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 68-73

  Hicks, Sally J ^a,c   Gacesa, Peter ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alginase; Alginate; Inclusion bodies; Protein expression

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA; CELLS; CLONING; DEGRADATION; DNA; GENES; MUTAGENESIS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEINS;

ALGINASE; ALGINATE; ALGINATE LYASE; ENDONUCLEASE DIGESTION; METHIONINE; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECOMBINANT GULURONATE;

ENZYMES;

ALGINIC ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLUCURONIC ACID; LYASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL INCLUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030200080     PISSN: 01410229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0141-0229(95)00175-1     Document Type: Article

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