β-amylase in germinating millet seeds

Phytochemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 935-939

  Yamasaki, Yoshiki ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gramineae; Millet; Panicum miliaceum L.; Amylase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; AMMONIUM SULFATE; AMYLASE; AMYLOPECTIN; AMYLOSE; BETA AMYLASE; MALTOTRIOSE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PULLULANASE; STARCH;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRACTIONATION; GERMINATION; HYDROLYSIS; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MILLET; POLYMERIZATION;

PANICUM; PANICUM MILIACEUM; POACEAE;

EID: 0142026149     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(03)00430-8     Document Type: Article

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