Cloning of a novel tyrosinase-encoding gene (melB) from Aspergillus oryzae and its overexpression in solid-state culture (Rice Koji)

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 400-405

  Obata, Hiroshi ^a   Ishida, Hiroki ^a   Hata, Yoji ^a   Kawato, Akitsugu ^a   Abe, Yasuhisa ^a   Akao, Takeshi ^b   Akita, Osamu ^b   Ichishima, Eiji ^c  

^a Gekkeikan Sake Company Ltd   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF BREWING   (Japan)

^c SOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergillus oryzae; melB; Solid state culture; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CELL CULTURE; GENES; PROTEINS;

COPPER BINDING DOMAINS; SOLID STATE CULTURE;

CLONING;

AMYLASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COPPER; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; BINDING AFFINITY; CATALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FUNGAL CELL CULTURE; FUNGAL GENE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MELB GENE; MELO GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUBMERGED CELL CULTURE;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 3242755212     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-1723(04)70226-1     Document Type: Review

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