Disruption of three acid proteases in Aspergillus niger: Effects on protease spectrum, intracellular proteolysis, and degradation of target proteins

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 247, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 605-613

  Van Den Hombergh, Johannes P T W ^a   Sollewijn Gelpke, Maarten D ^a   Van De Vondervoort, Peter J I ^a   Buxton, Frank P ^b   Visser, Jaap ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CIBA GEIGY LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Cascade activation; Disruption; Protease; Proteolytic degradation

Indexed keywords

ACID PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MUTANT; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030750269     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00605.x     Document Type: Article

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