High level production of thermostable α-amylase from Sulfolobus solfataricus in high-cell density culture of the food yeast Candida utilis

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 129-134

  Miura, Yutaka ^a   Kettoku, Masako ^a   Kato, Masaru ^a   Kobayashi, Kazuo ^a   Kondo, Keiji ^a  

^a KIRIN BREWERY CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; ARCHAEAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CANDIDA; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FOOD CONTROL; GENE; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEATING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; SULFOLOBUS;

ALPHA-AMYLASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, ARCHAEAL; ENZYME STABILITY; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GENETIC VECTORS; HEATING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SULFOLOBUS;

EID: 0033170534     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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