Purification and biochemical characterization of an endoxylanase from Aspergillus versicolor

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 311-315

  Carmona, Eleonora Cano ^b   Brochetto Braga, Marcia Regina ^b   Pizzirani Kleiner, Aline Aparecida ^b   Jorge, João Atilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aspergillus versicolor; Endoxylanase; Xylanase

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS VERSICOLOR; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0039982325     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1998.tb13906.x     Document Type: Article

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