Isolation and characterization of a serine protease from the storage roots of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam)

Plant Science

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1019-1026

  Chen, Tzeng Err ^a   Huang, Dong Jiann ^a   Lin, Yaw Huei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

APNE; DL dithiothreitol; DTT; EDTA 2Na; Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid disodium salt; Gel filtration chromatography; GFC; MALDI TOF; N acetyl phenylalanine b naphthyl ester; Ortho dianisidine tetrazotized zinc chloride complex; Ortho DT

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMES; FOOD PRODUCTS; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PURIFICATION;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; STORAGE ROOTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 1542381025     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2003.12.018     Document Type: Article

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