Purification and some properties of a chitinase isozyme from the liver of Japanese common squid Todarodes pacificus

Fisheries Science

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 427-429

  Matsumiya, Masahiro ^a   Miyauchi, Kouji ^a   Mochizuki, Atsushi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chitinase; Enzyme properties; Isozyme; Japanese common squid; Liver; Todarodes pacificus

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPODA; TODARODES PACIFICUS;

EID: 0037697492     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-2906.2003.00640.x     Document Type: Article

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