Purification and Characterization of Protease Q: A Detergent- and Urea-Stable Serine Endopeptidase from Bacillus pumilus

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3596-3603

  Han, Xiao Qing ^a   Damodaran, Srinivasan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaline protease; Bacillus pumilus; Detergent stable protease; Endopeptidase; Urea stable protease

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GLYCINE MAX; PUMILUS;

EID: 0005729250     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf980361m     Document Type: Article

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