Overexpression and characterization of a thermostable trehalose synthase from Meiothermus ruber

Extremophiles

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Zhu, Yueming ^a   Wei, Dongsheng ^a   Zhang, Jun ^b   Wang, Yufan ^a   Xu, Hengyi ^a   Xing, Laijun ^a   Li, Mingchun ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tianjin Research Institute of Forestry and Pomology   (China)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Meiothermus ruber; Trehalose; Trehalose synthase (TreS)

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEIOTHERMUS RUBER;

EID: 70349262524     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-009-0281-z     Document Type: Article

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