Soyacystatin, a novel cysteine proteinase inhibitor in soybean, is distinct in protein structure and gene organization from other cystatins of animal and plant origin

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 240, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 609-614

  Misaka, Takumi ^a   Kuroda, Masaharu ^a   Iwabuchi, Kyoko ^a   Abe, Keiko ^a   Arai, Soichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cystatin; Cysteine proteinase inhibitor; Glycine max; Soybean

Indexed keywords

CYSTATIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; MESSENGER RNA; PAPAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DELETION MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOYBEAN;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 0029762217     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0609h.x     Document Type: Article

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