Effect of Retting Enzymes on the Structure and Composition of Flax Cell Walls

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 279-287

  Akin, D E ^a   Morrison, W H ^a   Gamble, G R ^a   Rigsby, L L ^a   Henriksson, Gunnar ^b   Eriksson, Karl Erik L ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPOSITION; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; ENZYMES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MIXTURES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

FLAX CELL WALLS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; RETTING; RETTING ENZYME;

FLAX;

FLAX FIBRES; RETTING, ENZYMATIC;

EID: 0031126846     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: 17467748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004051759706700407     Document Type: Article

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