Characterization of the kexin-like maturase of Aspergillus niger

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 363-368

  Jalving, Ruud ^a   Van De Vondervoort, Peter J I ^a   Visser, Jaap ^a   Schaap, Peter J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HYBRID PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER;

EID: 0033987573     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.1.363-368.2000     Document Type: Article

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