Protein engineering of fungal xylanase

dc.contributor.author	Stephens, Dawn Elizabeth
dc.date.accessioned	2008-07-18T08:07:23Z
dc.date.available	2008-07-18T08:07:23Z
dc.date.issued	2007
dc.identifier.other	308427
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10321/318
dc.description	Thesis (D.Tech.: Biotechnology)-Dept. of Biotechnology, Durban University of Technology, 2007 xi, 209 leaves	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Protein engineering technologies, such as directed evolution and DNA recombination, are often used to modify enzymes on a genetic level for the creation of useful industrial catalysts. Pre-treatment of paper pulps with xylanases have been shown to decrease the amounts of toxic chlorine dioxide used to bleach pulp. This study was undertaken to improve the thermal and alkaline stabilities of the xylanase from the fungus Thermomyces lanuginosus using ep-PCR and DNA shuffling.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.subject	Biotechnology	en_US
dc.subject	Protein engineering	en_US
dc.subject	Xylanases	en_US
dc.subject	Enzymes--Industrial applications	en_US
dc.subject	Recombinant DNA	en_US
dc.subject	Biochemical engineering	en_US
dc.subject	Biotechnology--Dissertations, Academic	en_US
dc.title	Protein engineering of fungal xylanase	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US