Purification, characterization, and molecular cloning of a thermostable superoxide dismutase from Thermoascus aurantiacus

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1090-1093

  Shijin, E ^a   Guo, Fangxian ^a   Liu, Shouan ^a   Chen, Jing ^a   Wang, Yanjun ^a   Li, Duochuan ^a  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Copper, zinc superoxide dismutase; Molecular cloning; Purification; Thermoascus aurantiacus var. levisporus; Thermostable

Indexed keywords

CLONING; ELECTROPHORESIS; GELS; MOLECULAR MASS; PURIFICATION; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

MOLECULAR CLONING; THERMOASCUS AURANTIACUS; THERMOSTABLE; ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ENZYMES;

SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETICS; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AGAROSE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HEAT; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

THERMOASCUS; THERMOASCUS AURANTIACUS; THERMOASCUS AURANTIACUS VAR. LEVISPORUS;

EID: 34247500459     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.60709     Document Type: Article

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