Purification and partial characterisation of a 1.57 kDa thermostable esterase from Bacillus stearothermophilus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 151-156

  Simoes, Davina De C M ^a,b   McNeill, David ^a   Kristiansen, Bjorn ^a   Mattey, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacillus stearothermophilus; esterase; low molecular mass enzyme; thermostability

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE;

ARTICLE; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOSTABILITY;

CANDIDA; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

EID: 0031056577     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(96)00520-4     Document Type: Article

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