Identification and production of constitutive chitosanase from Bacillus sp. HW-002

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 12-18

  Lee, Hyean Woo ^a   Choi, Jong Whan ^a   Han, Dong Pyou ^a   Lee, Noo Woon ^b   Park, Sung Lim ^b   Yi, Dong Heui ^b  

^a Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bacillus sp; Catabolite repression; Chitooligosaccharide; Chitosanase

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141765949     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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