Ethanol increases sensitivity of oxalate oxidase assays and facilitates direct activity staining in SDS gels

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 266-272

  Zhang, Ziguo ^a,b,c   Yang, Jing ^a,c   Collinge, David B ^a   Thordal Christensen, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Barley; H2O2; Oxalate oxidase activity; Oxalic acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 21444450761     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02671662     Document Type: Article

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