Immunolocalization of the saposin-like insert of plant aspartic proteinases exhibiting saposin C activity. Expression in young flower tissues and in barley seeds

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 405-418

  Brodelius, Maria ^a   Hiraiwa, Masao ^b   Marttila, Salla ^c   Karadaghi, Salam Al ^d   Picaud, Sarah ^a   Brodelius, Peter E ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; IMMUNOLOGY; PROTEINS; SEED;

CYNARA CARDUNCULUS; PLANT-SPECIFIC INSERT (PSI); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR);

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYNARA CARDUNCULUS; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 28444442762     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2005.00576.x     Document Type: Article

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