Expression and secretion of a thermostable bacterial xylanase in Kluyveromyces lactis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3297-3300

  Walsh, David J ^a   Bergquist, Peter L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; ENZYME RELEASE; EPISOME; GENE EXPRESSION; KLUYVEROMYCES; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; STRUCTURAL GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICTYOGLOMUS THERMOPHILUM; KLUYVEROMYCES; KLUYVEROMYCES LACTIS; THERMOPHILUM;

EID: 0030876825     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.8.3297-3300.1997     Document Type: Article

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