Prediction of peptides in the fermented cocoa storage protein, with reference to the modelled 3D structure

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 109-114

  O'Connor, Juli ^a   Warwicker, James ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cocoa storage protein; Fermentation; Molecular modelling; Peptides; Proteolysis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; MODEL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0031980774     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0010(199805)77:1<109::aid-jsfa11>3.0.co;2-i     Document Type: Article

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