Purification and characterization of arginine decarboxylase from soybean (Glycine max) hypocotyls

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1150-1155

  Nam, Kyoung Hee ^a   Lee, Sun Hi ^a   Lee, JooHun ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Agmatine; Arginine decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.19); Molecular weight; Polyamines; Soybean (Glycine max) hypocotyls

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 0000984820     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029100     Document Type: Article

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