Purification and some properties of glutaminase from Actinomucor taiwanensis, starter of sufu

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 509-514

  Lu, Jui Mei ^a   Yu, Roch Chui ^a   Chou, Cheng Chun ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Actinomucor taiwanensis; Glutaminase; Sufu

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030060769     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(199604)70:4<509::AID-JSFA532>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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