Cultivar variation in heat stability and kinetic properties of soluble invertase in wheat grains

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 339-345

  Asthir, Bavita ^a   Kaur, Amrinder ^a   Basra, Amarjit S ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biochemical Adaptation; Enzyme Kinetics; Enzyme Purification; Heat Tolerance; Invertase; Wheat Grain

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0032422923     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-998-0017-1     Document Type: Article

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