Improvement of pectinase production by interspecific hybrids of Aspergillus strains

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 77-81

  Solis S ^a   Flores, M E ^a   Huitron C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS FLAVIPES; ASPERGILLUS SP; ASPERGILLUS STRAINS; AUXOTROPHIC MUTANTS; CA 2+; INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDS; PECTIN-LYASE; PECTINASES; PROTOPLAST FUSION; WILD-TYPE STRAIN;

ASPERGILLUS;

PECTIN LYASE; POLYGALACTURONASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HYBRID; NONHUMAN;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVIPES; ASPERGILLUS SP.; FUNGI;

EID: 0031020276     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1997.00352.x     Document Type: Article

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