Partial Purification and Properties of Alanine Racemase from the Muscle of Black Tiger Prawn Penaeus monodon

Fisheries Science

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 440-445

  Fujita, Eriko ^a   Okuma, Emiko ^a   Abe, Hiroki ^a  

^a KYORITSU WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alanine racemase; Crustacean; D alanine; D amino acid

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEA; MONODON; PANTHERA TIGRIS; PENAEUS MONODON;

EID: 0001291565     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.63.440     Document Type: Article

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