Surface Localization of Zein Storage Proteins in Starch Granules from Maize Endosperm: Proteolytic Removal by Thermolysin and in Vitro Cross-Linking of Granule-Associated Polypeptides

Plant Physiology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1563-1571

  Mu Forster, Chen ^a,b   Wasserman, Bruce P ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

CALCIUM; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; STARCH; THERMOLYSIN; ZEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CALCIUM; CELL MEMBRANE; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; STARCH; THERMOLYSIN; ZEA MAYS; ZEIN;

EID: 0032037614     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.116.4.1563     Document Type: Article

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