New strictosidine β-glucosidase from Strychnos mellodora

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 187-192

  Brandt, Viviane ^a   Geerlings, Arjan ^b   Tits, Monique ^a   Delaude, Clément ^a   Van Der Heijden, Robert ^b   Verpoorte, Robert ^b   Angenot, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Catharanthus roseus; Dolichantoside; Glucosidases; Palicoside; SGD, strictosidine glucosidase from Catharanthus roseus; Strictosidine; Strychnos mellodora SDS PAGE, sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; STRYCHNOS MELLODORA;

EID: 0034036941     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0981-9428(00)00738-5     Document Type: Article

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