Properties of chitosanase from Bacillus cereus S1

Current Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 6-9

  Kurakake, Masahiro ^a   Yo U, Shou ^a   Nakagawa, Kiyomi ^a   Sugihara, Minako ^a   Komaki, Toshiaki ^a  

^a FUKUYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; CHITOSANASE;

ACETYLATION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033990706     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849910002     Document Type: Article

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