Isolation, properties and a possible function of a water-soluble chlorophyll a/b-protein from Brussels sprouts

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 133-138

  Kamimura, Yasumaro ^a   Mori, Takahiro ^a   Yamasaki, Takenobu ^a   Katoh, Sakae ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brassica oleracea L.; Chlorophyll a form; Drought induced protein; Kunitz type protease inhibitor; var. gemmifera DC (Brussels sprouts); Water soluble chlorophyll protein

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031080525     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029143     Document Type: Article

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