An ice-binding protein from an Antarctic sea ice bacterium

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 214-221

  Raymond, James A ^a   Fritsen, Christian ^b   Shen, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterium; Colwellia; Ice binding protein; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIFREEZE PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; ICE; ICE BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN; SNOW; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; DIATOM; GENE EXPRESSION; INHIBITION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROTEIN; RECOMBINATION; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SEA ICE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIATOM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENUS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; MOULD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEA ICE;

ALTEROMONADACEAE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; ICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLWELLIA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 34447503551     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00345.x     Document Type: Article

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