Keratinolytic activity of Aspergillus fumigatus fresenius

Current Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 364-370

  Santos, Regina M D B ^a   Firmino, Alexandre A P ^a   De Sá, Cezar M ^a   Felix, Carlos R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; HYDROLYSIS; INCUBATION TIME; KERATOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SOLUBILIZATION;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KERATINS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; TEMPERATURE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0029860158     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900129     Document Type: Article

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