Phylogenetic and biochemical characterization of a novel cluster of intracellular fungal α-amylase enzymes

Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4003-4015

  van der Kaaij, R M ^a,b   Janecek S ^c   van der Maarel, M J E C ^a,b,d   Dijkhuizen, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; AMYLASE 1P; AMYLASE D; GLUCAN; MALTOTRIOSE; STARCH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BASIDIOMYCETES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALPHA-AMYLASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CELL WALL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; GLUCANS; HISTOPLASMA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STARCH; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; ASCOMYCOTA; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 37449025531     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/008607-0     Document Type: Article

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