Isolation of new variants of surfactin by a recombinant Bacillus subtilis

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 80-82

  Nakayama, S ^a   Takahashi, S ^a   Hirai, M ^a   Shoda, M ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFACTIN;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT MASS SPECTROMETRY; FERMENTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID;

EID: 0030798111     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530051018     Document Type: Article

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