Cloning and expression of α-amylase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus woesei in the moderately halophilic bacterium Halomonas elongata

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 495-503

  Frillingos, S ^d   Linden, A ^a,b   Niehaus, F ^a,b   Vargas, C ^a,c   Nieto, J J ^a,c   Ventosa, A ^a,c   Antranikian, G ^a,b   Drainas, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CLONING; GENE EXPRESSION; METAL IONS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AMYLASE ACTIVITY; CLONING AND EXPRESSION; CLONING VECTORS; EXTRACELLULAR; HALOMONAS ELONGATA; HALOPHILIC BACTERIA; HYPERTHERMOPHILIC ARCHAEON; MODERATE HALOPHILE; PROTEIN CODING SEQUENCES; Α-AMYLASE GENES;

AMYLASES;

AMYLASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HALOMONAS ELONGATA; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PH; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYROCOCCUS; PYROCOCCUS WOESEI; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSTABILITY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOMONAS ELONGATA; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; PYROCOCCUS WOESEI;

EID: 0034099450     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2000.00988.x     Document Type: Article

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