Purification, characterization and partial amino acid sequencing of two new aspartic proteinases from fresh flowers of Cynara cardunculus L.

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 235, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 762-768

  Veríssimo, Paula ^a   Faro, Carlos ^a,d   Moir, Arthur J G ^b   Lin, Yingzhang ^c   Tang, Jordan ^c   Pires, Euclides ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aspartyl proteinase; Cardosin; Cyanara cardunculus L.; Milk clotting enzymes

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

CYNARA CARDUNCULUS; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0030060726     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.00762.x     Document Type: Article

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