Comparison of cyanide-degrading nitrilases

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 327-335

  Jandhyala, Dakshina M ^a,b   Willson, Richard C ^a,c   Sewell, B Trevor ^d   Benedik, Michael J ^a,e  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c University of Houston   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLONING; GENES; PH; PURIFICATION; STABILITY;

BACTERIAL GENES; CHELATES; KINETIC PROPERTIES;

CYANIDES;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CYANIDE; CYANIDE DIHYDRATASE; CYANIDE HYDRATASE; HEXAHISTIDINE; HISTIDINE DERIVATIVE; HYDROLYASE; IRON; LEAD; MERCURY; METAL; NICKEL COMPLEX; NITRILASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

BIODEGRADATION; CYANIDE; ENZYME;

ACIDITY; AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOREMEDIATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS; GLOEOCERCOSPORA SORGHI; HEAT TOLERANCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINETICS; METAL TOLERANCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; THERMOSTABILITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

AMINOHYDROLASES; BACILLUS; CYANIDES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; METALS, HEAVY; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE;

BACILLUS PUMILUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLOEOCERCOSPORA SORGHI; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI;

EID: 23844531251     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-005-1903-8     Document Type: Article

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