An improved spectrophotometric determination of the activity of ribulose 1,5-bishosphate carboxylase

Japanese Journal of Crop Science

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 714-721

  Du, Yu Chun ^b,c   Nose, Akihiro ^a,c   Kawamitsu, Yoshinobu ^a   Murayama, Seiichi ^a   Wasano, Kikuo ^c   Uchida, Yasushi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ADP; Lag time; Rubisco; Spectrophotometric assay

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030431914     PISSN: 00111848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1626/jcs.65.714     Document Type: Article

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