Molecular cloning, expression and characterisation of Afp4, an antifreeze protein from Glaciozyma antarctica

Polar Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1495-1505

  Hashim, Noor Haza Fazlin ^a   Sulaiman, Suhaila ^a   Abu Bakar, Farah Diba ^a   Illias, Rosli Md ^b   Kawahara, Hidehisa ^c   Najimudin, Nazalan ^d   Mahadi, Nor Muhammad ^e   Murad, Abdul Munir Abdul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^e MALAYSIA GENOME INSTITUTE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Heterologous protein expression; Homology modelling; Inhibition of recrystallisation; Thermal hysteresis

Indexed keywords

CLONE; DNA; FILTRATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; HOMOLOGY; HYDROPHOBICITY; PROTEIN; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SURVIVORSHIP; YEAST;

EID: 84907883232     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: 14322056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-014-1539-1     Document Type: Article

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