Biochemical and Bioinformatic Characterization of Type II Metacaspase Protein (TaeMCAII) from Wheat

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1338-1347

  Piszczek, E ^a   Dudkiewicz, M ^a   Mielecki, M ^b  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Calcium ions; Cysteine dependent autoprocessing; Programmed cell death; Type II wheat metacaspase

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84868153105     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-012-0450-6     Document Type: Article

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