Improvement of the purification method for retaining the activity of the particulate methane monooxygenase from Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 1883-1887

  Miyaji, Akimitsu ^a   Kamachi, Toshiaki ^a   Okura, Ichiro ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b; Particulate methane monooxygenase

Indexed keywords

METHYLOSINUS TRICHOSPORIUM;

EID: 0036856438     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020963112179     Document Type: Article

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