Oryzasin as an Aspartic Proteinase Occurring in Rice Seeds: Purification, Characterization, and Application to Milk Clotting

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1070-1075

  Asakura, Tomiko ^a   Watanabe, Hirohito ^b   Abe, Keiko ^b   Arai, Soichi ^b  

^a Atomigakuen Junior College   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspartic proteinase; Milk clotting; Oryzasin; Rice seed

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000979455     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf960582x     Document Type: Article

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