Lactic Acid Bacteria: Proteolytic Systems

Encyclopedia of Dairy Sciences: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 49-55

  Lopez Kleine, L ^a   Monnet, V ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Lactic acid bacteria; Maturation; Membrane; Nitrogen nutrition; Peptidase; Protease; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008448304     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374407-4.00257-0     Document Type: Chapter

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