Agmatine deiminase from cucumber seedlings is a mono-specific enzyme: Purification and characteristics

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 88-93

  Sakakibara, Yoko ^a   Yanagisawa, Hiroshi ^a  

^a AICHI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agmatine deiminase; Cucumis sativus; Putrescine synthase

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0038010125     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1046-5928(03)00071-8     Document Type: Article

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