Bacillus animal type α-amylase: Cloning and sequencing of the gene, and comparison of the deduced amino acid sequence with that of other amylases

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 428-432

  Sumitani, Jun Ichi ^a   Nagae, Hisato ^a   Kawaguchi, Takashi ^a   Arai, Motoo ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Cloning; Nucleotide sequence; amylase inhibitors; Amylases

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; BACTERIA; DNA SEQUENCES; ENZYMES; GENES;

AMYLASES; GENE SEQUENCING;

CLONING;

AMYLASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 0031902446     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-338X(98)80088-3     Document Type: Article

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