Microbial phytase: Impact of advances in genetic engineering in revolutionizing its properties and applications

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 245, Issue , 2017, Pages 1790-1799

  Ushasree, Mrudula Vasudevan ^a   Shyam, Krishna ^b   Vidya, Jalaja ^a   Pandey, Ashok ^c  

^a REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CSIR   (India)

^b MIMS Research Foundation   (India)

^c CENTER OF INNOVATIVE AND APPLIED BIOPROCESSING CIAB   (India)

Author keywords

Genetic engineering; Genome mining; Heterologous expression; PCR; Phytase

Indexed keywords

GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NUTRITION;

COMMERCIAL PRODUCTIONS; GENOME MINING; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; IMPROVEMENT TECHNIQUE; ITS APPLICATIONS; MOLECULAR TOOLS; PHYTASE GENE; PHYTASES;

ENZYMES;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INOSITOL; MICROBIAL ENZYME; PHYTASE; PHYTIC ACID;

ENZYME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKER; GENOMICS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION;

BACILLUS; CODON; DATA MINING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; LIVESTOCK; METABOLISM; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL GENOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMOSTABILITY; TRANSGENIC PLANT; YERSINIA; ANIMAL FOOD; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

6-PHYTASE; ANIMAL FEED; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PHYTIC ACID; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

EID: 85019557677     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.05.060     Document Type: Review

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