Cloning, molecular characterization and heterologous expression of AMY1, an α-amylase gene from Cryptococcus flavus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 280, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 189-194

  Galdino, Alexsandro S ^a   Ulhoa, Cirano J ^b   Moraes, Lídia Maria P ^a   Prates, Maura V ^c   Bloch Jr , Carlos ^c   Torres, Fernando A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

amylase; Cryptococcus flavus; Heterologous expression; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; POLYPEPTIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SERINE; VALINE;

AMY1 GENE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS FLAVUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME GLYCOSYLATION; ENZYME RELEASE; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ALPHA-AMYLASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYPTOCOCCUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CRYPTOCOCCUS FLAVUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS SP. S-2; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 39649091395     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.01059.x     Document Type: Article

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