Expression of the melA gene from Rhizobium etli CFN42 in Escherichia coli and characterization of the encoded tyrosinase

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 772-779

  Cabrera Valladares, Natividad ^a   Martínez, Alfredo ^a   Piñero, Silvia ^a   Lagunas Muñoz, Victor H ^a   Tinoco, Raunel ^a   De Anda, Ramón ^a   Vázquez Duhalt, Rafael ^a   Bolívar, Francisco ^a   Gosset, Guillermo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; melA gene; Melanin; Rhizobium etli; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; CHARACTERIZATION; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PIGMENTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

MELA GENE; MELANIN; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; TYROSINASE;

GENES;

AMMONIUM SULFATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL EXTRACT; COPPER; LEVODOPA; MELANIN; PROTEIN MELA; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECIPITATION; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSTABILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BASIDIOMYCOTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RHIZOBIUM ETLI;

EID: 32844468207     PISSN: 01410229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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