Error-prone PCR of a fungal xylanase for improvement of its alkaline and thermal stability

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 293, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-47

  Stephens, Dawn Elizabeth ^a   Singh, Suren ^a   Permaul, Kugen ^a  

^a DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alkaline stability; Random mutagenesis; Thermomyces lanuginosus; Thermostability; Xylanase

Indexed keywords

AGAR; DNA; XYLAN; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ALKALINITY; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SHUFFLING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGUS; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THERMOMYCES LANUGINOSUS; THERMOSTABILITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; ENDO-1,4-BETA XYLANASES; ENZYME STABILITY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; INDUSTRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PAPER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; THERMOMYCES LANUGINOSUS;

EID: 61449128254     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01519.x     Document Type: Article

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