The defense-related rice gene Pir7b encodes an α/β hydrolase fold protein exhibiting esterase activity towards naphthol AS-esters

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 254, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 32-37

  Wäspi, Urs ^a   Misteli, Beatrice ^a   Hasslacher, Meinhard ^b   Jandrositz, Anita ^b   Kohlwein, Sepp D ^b   Schwab, Helmut ^b   Dudler, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Defense related esterase; Epoxide hydrolase; Hydroxynitrile lyase; fold

Indexed keywords

EPOXIDE HYDROLASE; ESTERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; INOCULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RICE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEVEA; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. SYRINGAE; PYRICULARIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032523910     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2540032.x     Document Type: Article

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