Purification and characterization of glutamine synthetase from the green alga Monoraphidium braunii

Plant Science

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 77-84

  García Fernández, José Manuel ^a   López Ruiz, Antonio ^a   Humanes, Lourdes ^a   Dapena, Jesús Diez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Algae; Characterization; Degradation; Glutamine synthetase; Monoraphidium; Purification

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALANINE; AMMONIA; ASPARTIC ACID; DITHIOERYTHRITOL; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; HYDROXYMERCURIBENZOIC ACID; SERINE;

ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GREEN ALGA; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

MONORAPHIDIUM BRAUNII;

EID: 0031588916     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(96)04580-3     Document Type: Article

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