Degradation of Insect Humoral Immune Proteins by the Proteases Secreted from Enterococcus faecalis |
Park, Shin-Yong
(Department of Bio-Technology, Hoseo University)
Kim, Koung-Mi (Department of Bio-Technology, Hoseo University) Kim, Ik-Soo (College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Chonnam National University) Lee, Sang-Dae (Department of Biology, Seonam University) Lee, In-Hee (Department of Bio-Technology, Hoseo University) |
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