Efficient production of artificially designed gelatins with a Bacillus brevis system

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 304-309

  Kajino, Tsutomu ^a   Takahashi, Haruo ^a   Hirai, Masana ^a   Yamada, Yukio ^a  

^a Rd Management Section   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELATIN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BREVIBACILLUS BREVIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC STABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TANDEM REPEAT;

BACILLUS BREVIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033989390     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.1.304-309.2000     Document Type: Article

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