Papain purification insights: Monitoring by electrophoretic approaches and MALDI-TOF peptide mass fingerprint analyses

Analytical Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2124-2137

  Llerena Suster, Carlos R ^a   Obregón, W David ^a   Trejo, Sebastián A ^b   Morcelle, Susana R ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caricain; Chymopapain; Glycyl endopeptidase; MALDI TOF peptide mass fingerprint; Papain

Indexed keywords

CARICA PAPAYA;

EID: 80051712369     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: 1532236X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2010.546022     Document Type: Article

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