Purification and characterization of an extracellular protease produced by psychrotolerant Clostridium sp. LP3 from lake sediment of Leh, India

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1238-1246

  Alam, Syed Imteyaz ^a   Dube, Smita ^a   Agarwal, Mukesh Kumar ^a   Singh, Lokendra ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Anaerobe; Clostridium sp.; Protease; Psychrotolerant

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CASEIN; LAKES; PH; PURIFICATION; RNA; SEDIMENTS;

ANAEROBE; CLOSTRIDIUM SP.; PROTEASE; PSYCHROTOLERANT;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

PROTEINASE;

BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MORPHOLOGY; PH; RNA; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; INDIA; LAKE SEDIMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHROPHILIC BACTERIUM; RNA SEQUENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

CLOSTRIDIUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME STABILITY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDIA; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEMPERATURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; JAMMU AND KASHMIR; LADAKH HIMALAYAS; LEH VALLEY; SOUTH ASIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SP.; CLOSTRIDIUM SUBTERMINALE;

EID: 34247362883     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W06-089     Document Type: Article

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