Aspergillus niger acid proteinase A: Structure and function

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 436, Issue , 1998, Pages 275-282

  Takahashi, Kenji ^a   Kagami, N ^b   Huang, X P ^a,c   Kojima, M ^a   Inoue, H ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PROTEINASE; PEPSTATIN; PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER;

EID: 0031896283     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5373-1_38     Document Type: Conference Paper

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