Measuring asparagine synthetase activity in crude plant extracts

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1692-1696

  Romagni, Joanne G ^a   Dayan, Franck E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Asparagine synthetase; Aspartate; Enzyme activity; Lupine; Pea; Regulation; Soybean

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINOOXYACETIC ACID; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTATE AMMONIA LIGASE; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMOLOGY; EXTRACTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PEA; PLANT; RADIOCHEMISTRY; SOYBEAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ASPARTATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS; RADIOCHEMISTRY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034127367     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf991006e     Document Type: Article

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