Purification and Characterization of Chitinase from the Liver of Japanese Common Squid Todarodes pacificus

Fisheries Science

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 409-413

  Matsumiya, Masahiro ^a   Mochizuki, Atsushi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Characterization; Chitinase; Cleavage pattern; Japanese common squid; Liver; Purification; Substrate specificity; Todarodes pacificus

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPODA; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; TODARODES PACIFICUS;

EID: 0000812431     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.63.409     Document Type: Article

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