Extraction and partial characterization of egg envelope (chorion) transglutaminase of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss: Properties for efficient chorion hardening

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 293-301

  Ha, Chang Rak ^a   Iuchi, Ichiro ^a  

^a SOPHIA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Characterization; Chorion hardening; Egg envelope; Extraction; Rainbow trout; Transglutamine; Vitelline membrane

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHORION; CROSS LINKING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; IONIC STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; VITELLINE MEMBRANE;

ANIMALIA; MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031453302     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(97)00064-3     Document Type: Article

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