Degradation of keratinous materials by the plant pathogenic fungus Myrothecium verrucaria

Mycopathologia

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 153-160

  Moreira, F G ^a   De Souza, C G M ^a   Costa, M A F ^a   Reis, S ^a   Peralta, R M ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Feather; Keratinolytic activity; Myrothecium verrucaria; Poultry waste; Protease activity

Indexed keywords

BENZYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE; KERATIN; KERATINASE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEATHER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; FEATHERS; HYPOCREALES; KERATINS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHENYLMETHYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE;

FUNGI; MYROTHECIUM VERRUCARIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33947542652     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-007-0096-3     Document Type: Article

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