Cupins: A New Superfamily of Functionally Diverse Proteins that Include Germins and Plant Storage Proteins

Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-32

  Dunwell, Jim M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY;

DIVERSE PROTEINS; GERMINS; STORAGE PROTEINS;

PROTEINS;

CUPIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EID: 0031948520     PISSN: 02648725     EISSN: 20465556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02648725.1998.10647950     Document Type: Article

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