Overproduction of levan in Zymomonas mobilis by using cloned sacB gene

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 109-115

  Ananthalakshmy, V K ^a   Gunasekaran, P ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Fermentation; Levan; Levansucrase; sacB gene; Zymomonas mobilis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ENZYMES; ETHANOL; POLYMERS;

LEVAN; LEVANSUCRASE; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

FERMENTATION;

LEVAN; SUCRASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR CLONING; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; TECHNIQUE; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

EID: 0032993847     PISSN: 01410229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0229(99)00018-6     Document Type: Article

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