Quality protein maize: A biochemical study of enzymes involved in lysine metabolism

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1268-1275

  Gaziola, S A ^a   Alessi, E S ^a   Guimaraes, P E O ^b   Damerval, C ^c   Azevedo, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA MILHO E SORGO   (Brazil)

^c INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Aspartate kinase; Homoserine dehydrogenase; Lysine ketoglutarate reductase saccharopine dehydrogenase; Opaque 2; Quality protein maize

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE KINASE; HOMOSERINE DEHYDROGENASE; LYSINE; SACCHAROPINE DEHYDROGENASE; THREONINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CORN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM;

ASPARTATE KINASE; HOMOSERINE DEHYDROGENASE; LYSINE; SACCHAROPINE DEHYDROGENASES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032915561     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf980940r     Document Type: Article

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