Rhamnogalacturonase B from Aspergillus aculeatus is a rhamnogalacturonan α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→4)-α-D-galactopyranosyluronide lyase

Plant Physiology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-77

  Mutter, Margien ^a   Colquhoun, Ian J ^b   Schols, Henk A ^a   Beldman, Gerrit ^a   Voragen, Alphons G J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 0030063641     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.1.73     Document Type: Article

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