Cloning and expression of an acidic pectin methylesterase from jelly fig (Ficus awkeotsang)

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 3052-3057

  Ding, Joe L C ^a   Lee, Tiger T T ^a   Wang, Miki M C ^a   Tai, Sorgan S K ^a   Tzen, Jason T C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gelation; Isoelectrofocus; Jelly fig; PCR cloning; Pectin methylesterase

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLESTERASE; PECTINESTERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FICUS AWKEOTSANG;

EID: 0033929273     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf000273d     Document Type: Article

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