Divalent cation interactions with oligogalacturonides

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 3262-3267

  Cescutti, Paola ^a   Rizzo, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cation interaction; Conformational properties; Electrospray mass spectrometry; Galacturonides

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COPPER ION; GALACTURONIC ACID; OLIGOMER; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; ZINC ION;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATION; FRACTIONATION; HYDROLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERIZATION;

CATIONS, DIVALENT; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; POLYMERS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 0034846212     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf001213a     Document Type: Article

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