Production of Recombinant α-Galactosidases in Thermus thermophilus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 4192-4198

  Fridjonsson, Olafur ^a   Mattes, Ralf ^b  

^a Prokaria Ltd   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GALACTOSIDASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

ALPHA-GALACTOSIDASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0035462375     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.9.4192-4198.2001     Document Type: Article

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