Genetic and biochemical characterization of a highly thermostable α-L- arabinofuranosidase from Thermobacillus xylanilyticus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1734-1736

  Debeche, Takoua ^a   Cummings, Nicola ^b   Connerton, Ian ^b   Debeire, Philippe ^a   O'Donohue, Michael J ^a,c  

^a U Physchim Biotech des Polymeres   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Moulin de la Housse   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ARABINOFURANOSIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMOBACILLUS XYLANILYTICUS;

BACTERIA; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; THERMOBACILLUS XYLANILYTICUS;

EID: 0034110774     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.4.1734-1736.2000     Document Type: Article

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