Cloning, Characterization, and Functional Analysis of the EPG1-2 Gene: A New Allele Coding for an Endopolygalacturonase in Kluyveromyces marxianus

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 8921-8926

  Sieiro, Carmen ^a   Sestelo, Ana Belén F ^a   Villa, Tomás G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

EPG1 2; Kluyveromyces marxianus; Polygalacturonase

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; POLYGALACTURONASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GLYCOSYLATION; KLUYVEROMYCES; MOLECULAR CLONING; PICHIA;

ALLELES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME STABILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOSYLATION; KLUYVEROMYCES; PICHIA; POLYGALACTURONASE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNGI; KLUYVEROMYCES; KLUYVEROMYCES MARXIANUS; PICHIA PASTORIS; PROKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 70349912035     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf900352q     Document Type: Article

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