The Proteases of American Foulbrood Scales

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 79-87

  Dancer, Brian N ^a   Chantawannakul, Panuwan ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

American foulbrood; Bacillus; Honeybee; Metalloprotease; Paenibacillus larvae; Protease

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE;

EID: 0001919820     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1997.4672     Document Type: Article

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