Screening of Fungal Strains Producing Lovastatin, an Antihypercholesterolemic Agent |
Bang, In-Young
(Department of Food Science and Technology, Kyunghee University)
Whang, Seung-Whan (University of Incheon, Department of Biology) Kim, Jung-Wan (University of Incheon, Department of Biology) Kim, Sang-Yong (BioNgene Co., Ltd.) Park, Cheon-Seok (Department of Food Science and Technology, Kyunghee University) |
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