Catalytic efficiencies of alkaline proteinases from microorganisms

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 61, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 445-452

  Georgieva, Dessislava ^a   Genov, Nicolay ^b   Voelter, Wolfgang ^c   Betzel, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enzyme Kinetic; Protease Efficiency; Substrate Recognition; X Ray Models

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746035662     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2006-5-623     Document Type: Article

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