Journal of Dairy Science
Volume 92, Issue 2 , Pages 491-498 , February 2009

Immobilization of recombinant thermostable β-galactosidase from Bacillus stearothermophilus for lactose hydrolysis in milk

  • W. Chen

      Affiliations

    • State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • H. Chen

      Affiliations

    • State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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  • Y. Xia

      Affiliations

    • State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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  • J. Yang

      Affiliations

    • State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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  • J. Zhao

      Affiliations

    • State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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  • F. Tian

      Affiliations

    • State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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  • H.P. Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology and Engineering, Ministry of Education, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Huhhot, Inner Mongolia 010018, P. R. China
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  • H. Zhang

      Affiliations

    • State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China

Received 11 August 2008 ,Accepted 22 October 2008.

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PII: S0022-0302(09)70353-4

doi: 10.3168/jds.2008-1618

Journal of Dairy Science
Volume 92, Issue 2 , Pages 491-498 , February 2009

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