Structure and Expression of a Dhurrinase (β-Glucosidase) from Sorghum

Plant Physiology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1469-1478

  Cicek, Muzaffer ^a   Esen, Asim ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SORGHUM BICOLOR; ZEA MAYS;

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ISOENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CEREAL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CEREALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032036443     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.116.4.1469     Document Type: Article

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