Detecting cellulase and esterase enzyme activities encoded by novel genes present in environmental DNA libraries

Extremophiles

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 415-421

  Rees, Helen C ^a,c   Grant, Susan ^a   Jones, Brian ^b   Grant, William D ^a   Heaphy, Shaun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Genencor International BV   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkaliphile; Cellulase; Cloning; Environmental DNA; Esterase lipase; Extremophile; Halophile; Libraries

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CELLULASE; ESTERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPEN READING FRAME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS; CELLULASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESTERASES; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES;

EID: 1042299326     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-003-0339-2     Document Type: Article

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