Characterization of the proteolytic system present in Vasconcellea quercifolia latex

Planta

Volumn 236, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1471-1484

  Torres, María José ^a   Trejo, Sebastián Alejandro ^b   Obregón, Walter David ^a   Avilés, Francesc Xavier ^b   López, Laura María Isabel ^a   Natalucci, Claudia Luisa ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caricaceae; cDNA; Cysteine endopeptidases; Peptide mass fingerprint; Plant proteases; Vasconcellea

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; LATEX; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARICACEAE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PHYLOGENY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CARICACEAE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE PROTEASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; LATEX; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEOLYSIS;

CARICA PAPAYA; CARICACEAE; VASCONCELLEA; VASCONCELLEA QUERCIFOLIA;

EID: 84868129951     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-012-1701-3     Document Type: Article

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