Partial purification and characterization of a thermostable alkaline protease from Lactobacillus brevis

Malaysian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-5

  Femi Ola, Titilayo Olufunke ^a   Oladokun, Desmond Olayinka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADO EKITI   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Alkaline; Inhibitors and detergent; Lactobacillus; Protease

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865551220     PISSN: 22317538     EISSN: 18238262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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