Purification and properties of an esterase from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and identification of the encoding gene

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 3470-3472

  Degrassi, Giuliano ^a   Uotila, Lasse ^b   Klima, Raffaella ^a   Venturi, Vittorio ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE; GLUTATHIONE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032809574     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.8.3470-3472.1999     Document Type: Article

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