pH Affects Marsh Grapefruit Pectinesterase Stability and Conformation

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3741-3745

  Sun, Daqing ^a   Wicker, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

8 anilononaphthalene 1 sulfonate (ANS); Fluorescence; Hydrophobic; Thermolabile pectinesterase; Thermostable pectinesterase

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; CITRUS X PARADISI;

EID: 0001231048     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf960516v     Document Type: Article

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