Occurrence and characterization of 2-hydroxy-1,4-benzoxazin-3-one and indole hydroxylases in juvenile wheat

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1614-1617

  Tanabe, Junya ^a,b   Sue, Masayuki ^a,b   Ishihara, Atsushi ^a,b   Iwamura, Hajime ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Cyclic hydroxamic acid; Hydroxylase; Microsomes; Triticum aestivum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001224359     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.63.1614     Document Type: Article

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