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Purification and Characterization of a Cathepsin L-Like Enzyme from the Body Wall of the Sea Cucumber Stichopus japonicus

Bei-Wei ZHUCollege of Bio and Food Technology, Dalian Polytechnic University
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Lu-Lu ZHAOCollege of Bio and Food Technology, Dalian Polytechnic University
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Li-Ming SUNCollege of Bio and Food Technology, Dalian Polytechnic University
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Dong-Mei LICollege of Bio and Food Technology, Dalian Polytechnic University
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Yoshiyuki MURATADepartment of Biological Resource Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Okayama University
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Lei YUCollege of Bio and Food Technology, Dalian Polytechnic University
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Lei ZHANGCollege of Food Science, Biotechnology, and Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang Gongshang University
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Pages 1430-1437 | Received 14 Nov 2007, Accepted 27 Mar 2008, Published online: 22 May 2014

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