Purification and characterization of cyanophycin and cyanophycin synthetase from the thermophilic Synechococcus sp. MA19

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 229-236

  Hai, Tran ^a   Oppermann Sanio, Fred Bernd ^a   Steinbüchel, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyanophycin; Cyanophycin synthetase; Synechococcus sp. MA19; Thermophilic cyanobacterium; Tubular glass photobioreactor

Indexed keywords

CYANOPHYCIN; CYANOPHYCIN SYNTHETASE; POLYMER; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GEL FILTRATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; IN VITRO STUDY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOREACTORS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYANOBACTERIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PLANT PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032758051     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00544-3     Document Type: Article

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