The periplasmic space in Thermus thermophilus: Evidence from a regulation-defective S-layer mutant overexpressing an alkaline phosphatase

Extremophiles

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 225-232

  Castán, Pablo ^a   Zafra, Olga ^a   Moreno, Renata ^a   De Pedro, Miguel A ^a   Vallés, Cristina ^a   Cava, Felipe ^a   Caro, Eddy ^a   Schwarz, Heinz ^b   Berenguer, José ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; Overexpression; Periplasm; S layer; Thermus

Indexed keywords

PROTEOBACTERIA; THERMUS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTATION; PERIPLASM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0036596293     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-001-0246-3     Document Type: Article

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