An ice nucleation protein from Fusarium acuminatum: Cloning, expression, biochemical characterization and computational modeling

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2043-2051

  Lagzian, Milad ^b   Latifi, Ali Mohammad ^a   Bassami, Mohammad Reza ^b   Mirzaei, Morteza ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cloning and expression; Fusarium acuminatum; Ice nucleation protein; Protein 3D structure

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; CLONING; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FUNGI; NUCLEATION; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PROTEINS;

BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; CLONING AND EXPRESSION; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE (DMSO); FUSARIUM; ICE NUCLEATION; PROTEIN 3-D STRUCTURE; RELATIVE ACTIVITIES;

ICE;

FUNGAL PROTEIN; ICE NUCLEATION PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSARIUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUSARIUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84906947657     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-014-1568-4     Document Type: Article

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