Enzymes and proteins from extremophiles as hyperstable probes in nanotechnology: The use of D-trehalose/D-maltose-binding protein from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus litoralis for sugars monitoring

Extremophiles

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-73

  De Stefano, Luca ^a   Vitale, Annalisa ^b   Rea, Ilaria ^a   Staiano, Maria ^b   Rotiroti, Lucia ^a   Labella, Tullio ^b   Rendina, Ivo ^a   Aurilia, Vincenzo ^b   Rossi, Mose' ^b   D'Auria, Sabato ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN BIOCHEMISTRY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Archaeon; Biosensors; Diabetes; Glucose; Porous silicon; Trehalose maltose binding protein

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; IMMOBILIZED ENZYME; LECTIN; MALTOSE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SILICON; TREHALOSE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POROSITY; THERMOCOCCUS;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; ENZYMES, IMMOBILIZED; GLUCOSE; LECTINS; MALTOSE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POROSITY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SILICON; THERMOCOCCUS; TREHALOSE;

ARCHAEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; THERMOCOCCUS; THERMOCOCCUS LITORALIS;

EID: 38049043491     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-006-0058-6     Document Type: Article

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