Comparison of Asclepiadaceae latex proteases and characterization of Morrenia brachystephana Griseb. Cysteine peptidases

Phytochemical Analysis

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 267-273

  Arribére, María Cecilia ^b   Cortadi, Adriana A ^b   Gattuso, Martha A ^b   Bettiol, Marisa P ^b   Priolo, Nora S ^a   Caffini, Néstor O ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Asclepiadaceae; Biosystematics; Enzymes; Latex; Morrenia brachystephana; Plant proteases

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; AMINO ACIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LATEXES; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ASCLEPIADACEA; BIOSYSTEMATIC; CRUDE ENZYMES; CRUDE EXTRACT; CYSTEINE PEPTIDASE; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MORRENIUM BRACHYSTEPHANUM; PARTIAL CHARACTERIZATION; PLANT PROTEASE; PROTEOLYTIC ACTIVITIES;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

ACETONE; CASEIN; CYSTEINE; IODOACETIC ACID; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; PEPTIDASE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRECIPITATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

ARAUJIA HORTORUM; ASCLEPIAS CURASSAVICA; FUNASTRUM CLAUSUM; MORRENIA BRACHYSTEPHANA; MORRENIA ODORATA;

EID: 0031742430     PISSN: 09580344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1565(199811/12)9:6<267::AID-PCA427>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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