Influence of ferulic acid on the production of feruloyl esterases by Aspergillus niger

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 239-244

  Faulds, Craig B ^a   Devries, Ronald P ^b   Kroon, Paul A ^a   Visser, Jaap ^b   Williamson, Gary ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Ferulic acid esterase; Induction; Xylanase

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE; FERULIC ACID; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FUNGUS GROWTH; METABOLIC INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER;

EID: 0031573772     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00481-3     Document Type: Article

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