Purification and Characterization of the Alkaline Serine Protease Produced by Bacillus sp. N4 Strain from Fish Skin Mucus

Fisheries Science

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 793-797

  Asakawa, Makio ^a   Sadakata, Yoshiko ^a   Araki, Toshiyoshi ^b   Sumi, Toshihisa ^c   Nakagawa, Hiroki ^c  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkaline serine protease; Bacillus sp. N4 strain; Fish skin mucus; Flavobacterium sp; Horse mackerel

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SP.; EQUUS CABALLUS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; TRACHURUS JAPONICUS;

EID: 0005745661     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.64.793     Document Type: Article

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