Production of extracellular acid proteases by Aspergillus clavatus

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 639-642

  Tremacoldi, C R ^a   Watanabe, N K ^a   Carmona, E C ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

acid protease; Aspergillus clavatus; enzyme characterization; optimization; production

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS CLAVATUS; FUNGI;

EID: 5444243349     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:WIBI.0000043194.21080.c1     Document Type: Article

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