title: Cloning of a chromosomal alpha-amylase gene from Bacillus stearothermophilus.
abstract: We have cloned and sequenced a gene for a heat-stable alpha-amylase from a natural isolate of Bacillus stearothermophilus. Previously, it had been shown that B. stearothermophilus amylase genes may be harboured on indigenous plasmids. We have found that our isolate harbours the amylase gene only on the chromosome and not on its indigenous plasmid.
authors.affiliation: Novo Nordisk, Bagsvoerd, Denmark.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Jørgensen
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Poulsen
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Diderichsen
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002876:Chromosomes, Bacterial; D003001:Cloning, Molecular / Q000379:methods; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D001411:Geobacillus stearothermophilus / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010957:Plasmids; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D000516:alpha-Amylases / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D000516:alpha-Amylases