Cloning and expression of an α-amylase encoding gene from the hyperthermophilic archaebacterium Thermococcus hydrothermalis and biochemical characterisation of the recombinant enzyme

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-71

  Lévêque, Emmanuel ^a,b   Haye, Bernard ^b   Belarbi, Abdel ^a  

^a Europol' Agro Ctr B   (France)

^b Ctr B   (France)

Author keywords

Amylase; Hyperthermophilic Archaeon; Nucleotide sequence; Thermococcus hydrothermalis

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG PURIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMOCOCCUS;

ALPHA-AMYLASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEMPERATURE; THERMOCOCCUS;

ARCHAEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PYROCOCCUS; THERMOCOCCUS HYDROTHERMALIS;

EID: 2542510221     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00117-8     Document Type: Article

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