Legumains and their functions in plants

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 340-344

  Müntz, Klaus ^a   Shutov, Andrei D ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^b MOLDOVA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Moldova)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL VACUOLE; CELL WALL; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL WALL; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEEDS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VACUOLES;

EID: 0036676947     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1360-1385(02)02298-7     Document Type: Review

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