Developments in biotechnological production of sweet proteins

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 375-389

  Masuda, Tetsuya ^a   Kitabatake, Naofumi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

biotechnological production; brazzein; lysozyme; mabinlin; miraculin; monellin; neoculin; sweet tasting proteins; thaumatin

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOTECHNOLOGY;

BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BRAZZEIN; LYSOZYME; MABINLIN; MIRACULIN; MONELLIN; NEOCULIN; SWEET-TASTING PROTEINS; THAUMATIN;

PROTEINS;

BRAZZEIN; LYSOZYME; MABINLIN; MONELLIN; NEOCULIN; SWEET PROTEIN; THAUMATIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SOLID PHASE SYNTHESIS; SWEETNESS;

BACTERIA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FUNGI; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SWEETENING AGENTS;

EID: 33845649258     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1263/jbb.102.375     Document Type: Article

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