Thermostable subtilases (subtilisin-like serine proteinases)

Thermostable Proteins: Structural Stability and Design

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 67-104

  Kristjánsson, Magnús M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

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