Composition of seed storage proteins changed by glutathione treatment of soybeans

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1751-1754

  Awazuhara, Motoko ^a,c   Kim, Hoyeun ^a,b   Hayashi, Hiroaki ^a   Chino, Mitsuo ^a,d   Kim, Sang Gu ^c   Fujiwara, Toru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Buthionine sulfoximine; Cotyledon culture; Glutathione; Seed storage proteins; subunit of conglycinin

Indexed keywords

BETA CONGLYCININ PROTEIN, GLYCINE MAX; BETA-CONGLYCININ PROTEIN, GLYCINE MAX; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; CYSTEINE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLOBULIN; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GLYCININ; SOYBEAN PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COTYLEDON; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOYBEAN;

BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; COTYLEDON; CYSTEINE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GLOBULINS; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; SOYBEAN PROTEINS; SOYBEANS;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 0036691258     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.66.1751     Document Type: Article

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