Direct detection of digestive enzymes in planktonic rotifers using enzyme-labelled fluorescence (ELF)

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 189-195

  Strojsova M ^a   Vrba, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

N acetylhexosaminidase; Lipase; Phosphatase

Indexed keywords

ENZYME;

ROTIFERA;

EID: 19544365249     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF04280     Document Type: Article

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