Properties and gene structure of the Thermotoga maritima α-amylase amyA, a putative lipoprotein of a hyperthermophilic bacterium

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 941-948

  Liebl, Wolfgang ^a   Stemplinger, Ilse ^a   Ruile, Peter ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4ALPHA GLUCANOTRANSFERASE; AMYLASE; AMYLOSE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CALCIUM ION; GLUCOSE; LIPOPROTEIN; MALTOSE; STARCH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME STABILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOSTABILITY; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 0031028407     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.3.941-948.1997     Document Type: Article

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