Optimization of cultural conditions for the production of L-DOPA (L-3, 4 dihydroxy phenyl alanine) from L-tyrosine by Aspergillus oryzae

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 255-258

  Ikram Ul Haq, ^a   Ali, Sikander ^a   Manzoor, Shumaila ^a   Qadeer, M A ^a  

^a GC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

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