On the activity and specificity of cardosin B, a plant proteinase, on ovine caseins

Food Chemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 373-378

  Silva, Sofia V ^a   Malcata, F Xavier ^a  

^a CBQF CENTRO DE BIOTECNOLOGIA E QUÍMICA FINA LABORATÓRIO ASSOCIADO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Electrophoresis; Proteolysis; Rennet substitute; RP HPLC

Indexed keywords

CASEIN; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; DAIRY INDUSTRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MILK; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SHEEP;

EID: 0032854623     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-8146(99)00126-0     Document Type: Article

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