Endo-xylogalacturonan hydrolase, a novel pectinolytic enzyme

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 36-41

  Van Der Vlugt Bergmans, C J B ^a   Meeuwsen, P J A ^a   Voragen, A G J ^a   Van Ooyen, A J J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

EID: 0033986504     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.1.36-41.2000     Document Type: Article

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