Aspartic proteinases are expressed in pitchers of the carnivorous plant Nepenthes alata Blanco

Planta

Volumn 214, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 661-667

  An, Chung Il ^a   Fukusaki, Ei Ichiro ^a   Kobayashi, Akio ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspartic proteinase; Carnivorous plant; Nepenthes (aspartic proteinase); Nitrogen acquisition

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENZYME KINETICS; NITROGEN; PROTEINS;

CARNIVOROUS PLANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOSPERMS; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; NEPENTHES; NEPENTHES ALATA;

EID: 0036934796     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250100665     Document Type: Article

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