Evaluation of the presence of aspartic proteases from Centaurea calcitrapa during seed germination

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 893-898

  Salvador, Sofia Matos ^a   Novo, Carlos ^a   Domingos, Ana ^a  

^a INETI   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aspartic proteases; Centaurea calcitrapa; Milk clotting; Seed germination

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; PH EFFECTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PROTEINS;

ASPARTIC PROTEASES; CENTAUREA CALCITRAPA; MILK CLOTTING; SEED GERMINATION;

SEED;

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; HEMOGLOBIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CENTAUREA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOWER; GERMINATION; MILK; NONHUMAN; PH; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; TEMPERATURE;

ENZYMES; PROTEINS; SEEDS;

CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA CALCITRAPA;

EID: 33645223242     PISSN: 01410229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2005.06.025     Document Type: Article

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