Cloning of a gene encoding a thermo-stable endo-β-1,4-glucanase from Thermoascus aurantiacus and its expression in yeast

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 657-661

  Hong, Jiong ^a   Tamaki, Hisanori ^a   Yamamoto, Kenji ^a   Kumagai, Hidehiko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cloning; Endo 1,4 D glucanase; Expression; Thermoascus aurantiacus

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; EUROTIALES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PH; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TEMPERATURE;

CELLS, CULTURED; CELLULASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME STABILITY; EUROTIALES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HEAT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TEMPERATURE;

EUKARYOTA; EUROTIALES; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; THERMOASCUS; THERMOASCUS AURANTIACUS;

EID: 0038373628     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023072311980     Document Type: Article

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