Biochemical and molecular characterisation of xyloglucan endotransglycosylase from ripe kiwifruit

Planta

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 242-251

  Schroder R ^a   Atkinson, R G ^a   Langenkamper G ^a,b   Redgwell, R J ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Actinidia; Cell wall; Endotransglycosylase; Fruit; Hydrolase; Ripening

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUCAN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PLANT DNA; POLYSACCHARIDE; PRIMER DNA; TRITIUM; XYLAN; XYLOGLUCAN; XYLOGLUCAN ENDOTRANSGLYCOSYLASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRUIT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; GLUCANS; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYSACCHARIDES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRITIUM; XYLANS;

ACTINIDIA; ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA; EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; TRITIUM;

EID: 2642714168     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050253     Document Type: Article

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