Molecular cloning and characterization of the alkaline ceramidase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 94-104

  Nieuwenhuizen, Willem F ^a,b,c   Van Leeuwen, Sander ^b   Jack, Ralph W ^a,d   Egmond, Maarten R ^b   Götz, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ceramidase; Gene; Inclusion body; Pseudomonas; Virulence factor

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PICHIA; PICHIA PASTORIS; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0038348187     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1046-5928(03)00099-8     Document Type: Article

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