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Cloning of cellulase genes from acidothermus cellulolyticus

Patent ·
OSTI ID:870407
A process is described for moving fragments that code for cellulase activity from the genome of A. cellulolyticus to several plasmid vectors and the subsequent expression of active cellulase acitivty in E. coli.
Research Organization:
Midwest Research Institute (Kansas City, MO)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-83CH10093
Assignee:
Midwest Research Institute (Kansas City, MO)
Patent Number(s):
US 5514584
OSTI ID:
870407
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (1)

Cloning and expression in Escherichia coli of a Thermoanaerobacter cellulolyticus gene coding for heat-stable β-glucanase journal February 1987