Cloning and nucleotide sequence of the thermostable β-galactosidase gene from Pyrococcus woesei in Escherichia coli and some properties of the isolated enzyme

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology - Part B Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 217-222

  Da̧browski, Sławomir ^a   Maciuńska, Jadwiga ^a   Synowiecki, Józef ^a  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Overexpression; Pyrococcus woesei; Thermostable enzymes; galactosidase

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; INCUBATION TIME; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYROCOCCUS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOSTABILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI B; PROKARYOTA; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; PYROCOCCUS WOESEI;

EID: 0032449585     PISSN: 10736085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02740841     Document Type: Article

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