A simple method for purifying undenatured miraculin from transgenic tomato fruit

Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 281-286

  Duhita, Narendra ^a   Hiwasa Tanase, Kyoko ^a   Yoshida, Shigeki ^a   Ezura, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Miraculin; Nickel column; Taste modifying protein; Tomato; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 80051603483     PISSN: 13424580     EISSN: 13476114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.11.0207a     Document Type: Article

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