Partial purification and characterization of proteases from Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) and their role in the phenolase activation process

Food Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-68

  Zotos, A ^a   Taylor, K D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; CASEIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PROTEINASE; THIOL PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; LOBSTER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

EID: 0029919899     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0308-8146(95)00158-1     Document Type: Article

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