Improvement of expression and secretion of a fungal xylanase in the rumen bacterium Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens OB156 by manipulation of promoter and signal sequences

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 139-148

  Xue, Gang Ping ^a   Johnson, Jennifer S ^a   Bransgrove, Kaylene L ^a   Gregg, Keith ^b   Beard, Cheryl E ^b   Dalrymple, Brian P ^a   Gobius, Kari S ^a   Aylward, James H ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

B. fibrisolvens; Expression; Promoter; Secretion; Signal peptide; Xylanase

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME RELEASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTESTINE FLORA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BUTYRIVIBRIO FIBRISOLVENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; NEOCALLIMASTIX PATRICIARUM;

EID: 0030985977     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1656(97)01671-4     Document Type: Article

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