Proteolytic activity of lectins from the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Bacillus polymyxa

Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 217-220

  Mel'nikova, U Yu ^a   Karpunina, L V ^a   Ostakhina, N V ^a   Ignatov, V V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS AND MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bacillus polymyxa; Carbohydrate haptens; Hemagglutination; Lectins; Proteolytic activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644513007     PISSN: 00262617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010489815990     Document Type: Article

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