Crystal structure of the Rhizomucor miehei aspartic proteinase

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 436, Issue , 1998, Pages 283-292

  Quail, J Wilson ^a   Yang, Jian ^a   Schneider, Palle ^b   Jia, Zongchao ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LACTOGLOBULIN;

CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FERMENTATION; MICELLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; THERMOSTABILITY;

RHIZOMUCOR MIEHEI;

EID: 0031944866     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5373-1_39     Document Type: Conference Paper

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