Enzymatic activities and protein profile of latex from Calotropis procera

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 10-11, 2007, Pages 781-789

  Freitas, Cleverson Diniz T ^a   Oliveira, Jefferson Soares ^a   Miranda, Maria Raquel A ^a   Macedo, Nívea Maria R ^a   Sales, Maurício Pereira ^b   Villas Boas, Laurival A ^c   Ramos, Márcio Viana ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Latex; Oxidative enzymes; Plant defense; Proteolytic activity

Indexed keywords

ASCORBATE PEROXIDASE; CHITIN; CHITINASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; LATEX; PEROXIDASE; PROTON; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CALOTROPIS; CHEMISTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TEMPERATURE; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

CALOTROPIS; CHITIN; CHITINASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; LATEX; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEROXIDASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTONS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TEMPERATURE;

CALOTROPIS; CALOTROPIS PROCERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 35148886814     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2007.07.020     Document Type: Article

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