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Kinetic study of the thermal denaturation of a hyperthermostable extracellular α-amylase from Pyrococcus furiosus

I Brown1, T R Dafforn, P J Fryer

  • 1School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.

Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta
|September 26, 2013
PubMed

Keywords:
DenaturationPyrococcus furiosusSterilisationTTIα-Amylase

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