A novel, extremely alkaliphilic and cold-active esterase from Antarctic desert soil

Extremophiles

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-86

  Hu, Xiao Ping ^a   Heath, Caroline ^a   Taylor, Mark Paul ^a   Tuffin, Marla ^a   Cowan, Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alkaliphilic; Cold active; Esterase; Metagenomic; Psychrophilic

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLD; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; COLD TEMPERATURE; DNA PRIMERS; ESTERASES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; METAGENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

CHITINOPHAGA PINENSIS;

EID: 84155186467     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-011-0407-y     Document Type: Article

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