Phytase: Source, structure and application

Industrial Enzymes: Structure, Function and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 505-529

  Lei, Xin Gen ^a   Porres, Jesus M ^b   Mullaney, Edward J ^c   Brinch Pedersen, Henrik ^d  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

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DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-5377-0_29     Document Type: Chapter

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