Biochemical and genetic characterization of an extracellular protease from Pseudomonas fluorescens CY091

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 914-921

  Liao, Ching Hsing ^a   Mccallus, Daniel E ^a,b  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Apollon   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; COSMID; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ERWINIA; GENE CLUSTER; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031884187     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.3.914-921.1998     Document Type: Article

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