Purification and characterization of an endo-polygalacturonase from aspergillus awamori

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1729-1732

  Nagai, Masaru ^a   Katsuragi, Tohoru ^a,b   Terashita, Takao ^a   Yoshikawa, Kentaro ^a   Sakai, Takuo ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergillus awamori; Ph regulation; Polygalacturonase

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS AWAMORI;

POLYGALACTURONASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CHEMISTRY; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOELECTRIC POINT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYGALACTURONASE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034251823     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.64.1729     Document Type: Article

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