Transglutaminases of higher, lower plants and fungi

Progress in Experimental Tumor Research

Volumn 38, Issue , 2005, Pages 223-247

  Del Duca, Stefano ^a   Serafini Fracassini, Donatella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYAMINE; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL WALL; CHLOROPLAST; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL WALL; CHLOROPLASTS; CYTOSKELETON; FUNGI; PHOTOBIOLOGY; PLANTS; POLYAMINES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 18344396836     PISSN: 00796263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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