Some thaumatin-like proteins hydrolyse polymeric β-1,3-glucans

Plant Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 473-480

  Grenier, Jean ^a   Potvin, Claude ^a   Trudel, Jean ^a   Asselin, Alain ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; CARBOXYMETHYL PACHYMAN; GLUCAN GLUCOSIDASE; PLANT MICROORGANISM INTERACTION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; THAUMATIN LIKE PROTEIN; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; ZEAMATIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA-GLUCANS; CELL WALL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; GLUCAN ENDO-1,3-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDASE; GLUCANS; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT COMPONENTS; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYMERS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOLUBILITY; SPORES, FUNGAL; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SWEETENING AGENTS; YEASTS;

HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0033180204     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1999.00551.x     Document Type: Article

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