| abstract |
There is disclosed a gene encoding barley (1←3, 1←4)-β-glucanase isoenzyme EI; nucleotide sequences encoding for promoter and enhancer regions of said gene; procedures for the isolation of said gene; synthetic nucleotide sequences characterizing said gene, or promoter regions of said gene, or enhancer region of said gene, or the gene encoding barley (1←3, 1←4)-β-glucanase isoenzyme II. Applications/uses for the isolated gene or isolated or synthetic nucleotide sequences according to the invention, principally relate to the malting and brewing industries, for instance, transferring the isolated gene or isolated or synthetic nucleotide sequences into barley so to generate improved varieties, or preparing large quantities of enzymes with barley (1←3, 1←4)-β-glucanase activity for use as an additive in the malting and brewing industries. |