Natural rubber biosynthesis in plants: Rubber transferase

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 515, Issue , 2012, Pages 63-82

  Cornish, Katrina ^a,b   Xie, Wenshuang ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cis prenyl transferase; Rubber particles; Rubber transferase

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; ENZYME ANTIBODY; RUBBER; RUBBER TRANSFERASE; TRANS ACTING FACTOR; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STABILITY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOAFFINITY LABELING; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN QUALITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

DICOTYLEDONEAE;

EID: 84866492593     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: 15577988     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-394290-6.00004-5     Document Type: Chapter

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