Optimization and stability of glucoamylase production by recombinant strains of Aspergillus niger in chemostat culture

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 407-418

  Withers, Julie M ^a   Swift, Richard J ^a   Wiebe, Marilyn G ^a   Robson, Geoffrey D ^a   Punt, Peter J ^b   Van den Hondel, Cees A M J J ^b   Trinci, Anthony P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Chemostat culture; Glucoamylase (GAM); Protein secretion; Recombinant protein; Strain stability

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BATCH CELL CULTURE; CHEMOSTATS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLUCOSE; MAGNESIUM; MORPHOLOGY; PHOSPHATES; PHYSIOLOGY; POTASSIUM; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CHEMOSTAT CULTURE; GLUCOAMYLASE; SHAKE FLASK CULTURE;

ENZYMES;

GLUCAN 1,4 ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CHEMOSTAT; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SECRETION;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIVISION; CULTURE MEDIA; FERMENTATION; GLUCAN 1,4-ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASE; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; POLYSACCHARIDES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032552163     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19980820)59:4<407::AID-BIT3>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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