Antifreeze activities of poly(γ-glutamic acid) produced by Bacillus licheniformis

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 1709-1712

  Shih, Ing Lung ^a,b   Van, Yi Tsong ^a   Sau, Yi Yuan ^a  

^a DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antifreeze activity; Bacillus licheniformis; Poly( glutamic acid)

Indexed keywords

ANTIFREEZE PROTEIN; BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; FREEZING; METABOLISM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANTIFREEZE PROTEINS; BACILLUS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; FREEZING; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS;

EID: 0142152598     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026042302102     Document Type: Article

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