Determinants of the fidelity of processing glucoamylase-lysozyme fusions by Aspergillus niger

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 258, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 107-112

  Spencer, J Andrew ^a,b   Jeenes, David J ^a   Mackenzie, Donald A ^a   Haynie, Donald T ^b,c   Archer, David B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Fusion protein; Lysozyme; NMR; Processing

Indexed keywords

GLUCAN 1,4 ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; LYSOZYME;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TARGETING;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI;

EID: 0032533738     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2580107.x     Document Type: Article

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