Effects of agitation intensity on mycelial morphology and protein production in chemostat cultures of recombinant aspergillus oryzae

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 434-446

  Amanullah, A ^a   Blair, R ^a   Nienow, A W ^a   Thomas, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agitation; Aspergillus oryzae; Heterologous protein production; Morphology

Indexed keywords

CHEMOSTATS; CORRELATION METHODS; ENZYMES; FUNCTIONS; FUNGI; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; OXYGEN;

AMYLASE; AMYLOGLUCOSIDASE; FRAGMENTATION;

CELL CULTURE;

AMYLASE; GLUCAN 1,4 ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE;

AGITATION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; FUNGUS CULTURE; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE;

EID: 0033585875     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19990220)62:4<434::AID-BIT6>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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