Cloning, sequencing and overexpression of a Rhodothermus marinus gene encoding a thermostable cellulase of glycosyl hydrolase family 12

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 277-284

  Halldorsdottir S ^a   Thorolfsdottir E T ^a   Spilliaert, R ^a   Johansson, M ^c   Thorbjarnardottir S H ^a   Palsdottir, A ^a,d   Hreggvidsson, G O ^b   Kristjansson J K ^b   Holst, O ^c   Eggertsson, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b Technological Institute of Iceland   (Iceland)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Institute for Experimantal Pathology   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; CELLULASE; LAMINARAN; XYLAN;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PH; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOSTABILITY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLULASE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC BACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; RHODOTHERMUS MARINUS; T7 PHAGE;

EID: 7144251174     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530051169     Document Type: Article

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