Isolation and characterization of the neutral leucine aminopeptidase (LapN) of tomato

Plant Physiology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 243-255

  Tu, Chao Jung ^a,b   Park, Sang Youl ^a   Walling, Linda L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Carnegie Institute for Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; DNA; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; POLYPEPTIDES; RNA;

GENE EXPRESSION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0037507682     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.102.013854     Document Type: Article

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