Discovery of new cellulases from the metagenome by a metagenomics-guided strategy

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Yang, Chao ^a,b   Xia, Yu ^a   Qu, Hong ^c   Li, An Dong ^a   Liu, Ruihua ^b   Wang, Yubo ^a   Zhang, Tong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cellulase; Glycoside hydrolase; Metagenome

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; CELLULOSE; CLONING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROLASES; IONIC LIQUIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUGARS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CELLULASE; CELLULOSE PRETREATMENT; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; METAGENOMES; METAGENOMIC LIBRARIES; THERMOPHILIC CONDITIONS; TWIN-ARGININE TRANSLOCATIONS;

DNA SEQUENCES;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; GENOME;

CELLULASE; CLONES; ENERGY PRODUCTION; FUELS; GENES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 85026920864     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13068-016-0557-3     Document Type: Article

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