Purification and characterization of the acid lipase from the endosperm of castor oil seeds

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 149, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 23-29

  Fuchs, Cornelia ^a   Vine, Nicholas ^b   Hills, Matthew J ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acid lipase; oil body; Ricinus communis (endosperm); triacylglycerol

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029763128     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-1617(96)80168-4     Document Type: Article

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