Biochemical and molecular characterization of PepR, a dipeptidase, from Lactobacillus helveticus CNRZ32

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3438-3443

  Shao, Weilan ^a,b   Yüksel, Gülhan Ü ^a   Dudley, Edward G ^a   Parkin, Kirk L ^a   Steele, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN;

LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS;

EID: 0342617655     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.9.3438-3443.1997     Document Type: Article

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