Design and production in Aspergillus niger of a chimeric protein associating a fungal feruloyl esterase and a clostridial dockerin domain

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 6984-6991

  Levasseur, Anthony ^a   Pagès, Sandrine ^b,c   Fierobe, Henri Pierre ^b   Navarro, David ^a   Punt, Peter ^d   Belaïch, Jean Pierre ^b,c   Asther, Marcel ^a   Record, Eric ^a  

^a Centre International de Ressources Microbiennes Champignons Filamenteux   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMES; FUNGI;

FERULOYL ESTERASE A (FAEA); FUNGAL ENZYMES; INTRACELLULAR PRODUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

PROTEINS;

ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; COHESIN; ESTERASE; FUNGAL ENZYME; GLUCAN 1,4 ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN DOCKERIN; PROTEIN FERULOYL ESTERASE A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENZYME; FUNGUS; MICROBIOLOGY; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; FUNGAL PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; FUNGI; POSIBACTERIA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 10444254015     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.12.6984-6991.2004     Document Type: Article

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