Isolation of a ribonuclease from fruiting bodies of the wild mushroom Termitomyces globulus

Peptides

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 973-977

  Wang, Hexiang ^a,b   Ng, T B ^c  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^c and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Isolation; Mushroom; Ribonuclease

Indexed keywords

POLYADENYLIC ACID; POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID; POLYGUANYLIC ACID; POLYURIDYLIC ACID; RIBONUCLEASE;

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; TERMITOMYCES GLOBULUS;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; TERMITOMYCES; TERMITOMYCES GLOBULUS;

EID: 0141629626     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(03)00190-6     Document Type: Article

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