A possible role for urease as a storage protein in Aspergillus tamarii

Annals of Botany

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1981, Pages 797-810

  Zawada, J W ^a   Sutcliffe, J F ^b  

^a Brighton College of Technology   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspergillus tamarii; Nitrogen metabolism; Storage protein; Urease

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS TAMARII;

EID: 0008523682     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a086187     Document Type: Article

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