Mungbean (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek); contains some high proteolytic activities already before germination

Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-7

  Lin, Yaw Huei ^a   Yao, Wen Hsiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Germination; pH; Protease; Protein substrates; Synthetic substrates

Indexed keywords

VIGNA RADIATA;

EID: 0030021611     PISSN: 00068063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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