Purification and properties of alanine aminotransferase from maize (Zea mays L.) leaves

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 323-330

  Orzechowski, Sławomir ^a   Socha Hanc, Joanna ^a   Paszkowski, Andrzej ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alanine aminotransferase; Arginine residue; Glycine aminotransferase

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033372738     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-999-0001-4     Document Type: Article

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