Screening of environmental DNA libraries for the presence of genes conferring lipolytic activity on Escherichia coli

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 3113-3116

  Henne, Anke ^a   Schmitz, Ruth A ^a   Bömeke, Mechthild ^a   Gottschalk, Gerhard ^a   Daniel, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; TRIBUTYRIN;

ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; LIPOLYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTERASES; GENE LIBRARY; LIPASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TRIGLYCERIDES; TRIOLEIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033916660     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.7.3113-3116.2000     Document Type: Article

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