Isolation and characterization of a subtilisin-like serine proteinase secreted by the sap-staining fungus Ophiostoma piceae

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 133-140

  Abraham, Linda D ^a   Breuil, Colette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ophiostoma; Serine proteinase; Staining fungi; Subtilisin

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATE; ANILIDE; EDETIC ACID; PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; SUBTILISIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME RELEASE; FUNGUS CULTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OPHIOSTOMALES; PH; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; WOOD;

FUNGI; OPHIOSTOMA; OPHIOSTOMA PICEAE; OPHIOSTOMATALES;

EID: 0030064292     PISSN: 01410229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0141-0229(95)00098-4     Document Type: Article

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