Soluble, dye-labelled substrates for a micro-plate assay of proteinase activity

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 337-342

  Wolf, Gerhard A ^a   Wirth, Stephan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Casein; Collagen; Gelatin; Micro plate assay; Plate clearing assay; Proteinase; Remazol Brilliant Blue R

Indexed keywords

BRILLIANT BLUE; CASEIN; COLLAGEN; DYE; GELATIN; MICROBIAL ENZYME; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL LABELING; ENZYME ASSAY; EXTRACTION; MICROORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

EID: 0030174319     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-7012(96)00005-X     Document Type: Article

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