Purification and characteristics of two types of chitosanases from Aspergillus fumigatus KH-94

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 568-574

  Kim, Soon Young ^a   Shon, Dong Hwa ^a   Lee, Ke Ho ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus KH 94; Chitooligosaccharides; Chitosanase

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DEACETYLATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLYCOSYLATION; HYDROLYSIS; POLYMERIZATION; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

EID: 0032431863     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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