Purification and characterization of two isozymes of chlorophyllase from mature leaves of Chenopodium album

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1026-1031

  Tsuchiya, Tohru ^a   Ohta, Hiroyuki ^a   Masuda, Tatsuru ^a   Mikami, Bunzo ^b   Kita, Noriaki ^a   Shioi, Yuzo ^a,c   Takamiya, Ken Ichiro ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chenopodium album; Chlorophyll; Chlorophyll degradation; Chlorophyllase (EC 3.1.1.14); Isozymes

Indexed keywords

CHENOPODIUM ALBUM;

EID: 0030820255     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029267     Document Type: Article

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