Cloning and characterization of a thermostable intracellular α-amylase gene from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima MSB8

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 681-687

  Lim, Woo Jin ^a   Park, Sang Ryeol ^a   An, Chang Long ^a   Lee, Jong Yeoul ^a   Hong, Su Young ^a   Shin, Eun Chule ^a   Kim, Eun Ju ^a   Kim, Jong Ok ^b   Kim, Hoon ^c   Yun, Han Dae ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^b Takara Korea Biomedical Inc   (South Korea)

^c Sunchon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Intracellular amylase; Starch nondenaturing PAGE; Thermotoga maritima

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; CALCIUM; STARCH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMOSTABILITY; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; THERMOTOGA; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 10744220908     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2003.09.005     Document Type: Article

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