Cloning, expression, and fibrin (ogen)olytic properties of a subtilisin DJ-4 gene from Bacillus sp. DJ-4

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 325-331

  Choi, Nack Shick ^a,b   Chang, Kyu Tae ^a   Jae Maeng, Pil ^b   Kim, Seung Ho ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Fibrinolytic enzyme; Plasminogen activator; Recombinant subtilisin DJ 4

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; PLASMIN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; SUBTILISIN; SUBTILISIN DJ 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS; BACTERIAL GENE; CLONOGENESIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FIBRINOGENOLYSIS; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEAT; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS; CASEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMINOGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SUBTILISIN; TEMPERATURE;

BACILLUS SP.; BACILLUS SP. DJ-4;

EID: 3142640594     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.06.006     Document Type: Article

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