Purification of a Phi-type Glutathione S-Transferase from Pumpkin Flowers, and Molecular Cloning of Its cDNA

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2068-2076

  Hossain, Mohammad Zakir ^a   Fujita, Masayuki ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cdna cloning; Cucurbita maxima; Enzyme purification; Glutathione S transferase; Pumpkin

Indexed keywords

CUCURBITA; CUCURBITA MAXIMA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HERBICIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYMOLOGY; FLOWER; GENETICS; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SQUASH; WESTERN BLOTTING;

2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, DEAE-CELLULOSE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CROSS REACTIONS; CUCURBITA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLOWERS; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HERBICIDES; PLANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0038720706     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.66.2068     Document Type: Article

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