Computational Analysis of the Amino Acid Residue Sequences of Amaranth and Some Other Proteins

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1845-1851

  Gorinstein, Shela ^a   Zemser, Marina ^a   Fliess, Amit ^a   Shnitman, Inna ^b   Paredes Lopez, Octavio ^c   Yamamoto, Kazutaka ^d   Kobayashi, Shoichi ^d   Taniguchi, Hajime ^d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^d NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Characterization; Computational analyses; Electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

GLUTEN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CEREAL; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT SEED; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOSPERMS; CEREALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GLUTEN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; SEEDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; AVENA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; GLYCINE MAX; PISUM SATIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032177633     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.62.1845     Document Type: Article

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