Purification and characterization of tyrosinases from Streptomyces albus

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 64, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 724-732

  Dolashki, Aleksandar ^a   Gushterova, Adriana ^b   Voelter, Wolfgang ^c   Tchorbanov, Bozhidar ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Bulgaria)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enzyme Kinetics; Streptomyces albus; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOMYCES ALBUS;

EID: 70449553431     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2009-9-1019     Document Type: Article

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