The phytase subfamily of histidine acid phosphatases: Isolation of genes for two novel phytases from the fungi Aspergillus terreus and Myceliophthora thermophila

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 245-252

  Mitchell, David B ^a,b   Vogel, Kurt ^a   Weimann, Bernd J ^a   Pasamontes, Luis ^a   Van Loon, Adolphus P G M ^a  

^a F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^b Life Systems Design   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aspergillus terreus; Gene isolation; Histidine acid phosphatase; Myceliophthora thermophila; Phytase

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HISTIDINE; PHYTASE; PHYTATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0031034203     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-1-245     Document Type: Article

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