Monitoring of Carboxyl Group Modification of Beta-Glucosidase from Aspergillus niger NIAB-280 by Native Enzyme Mobility Shift Assay (NEMSA)

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 99-104

  Rashid, Muhammad Hamid ^a   Shakoori, Abdul Rauf ^b   Rajoka, Muhammad Ibrahim ^a   Siddiqui, Khawar Sohail ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING NIBGE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Molecular weight of glucosidase; Quaternary structure of glucosidase

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542633091     PISSN: 00309923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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