What Are the Proteolytic Enzymes of Honey and What They Do Tell Us? A Fingerprint Analysis by 2-D Zymography of Unifloral Honeys

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Rossano, Rocco ^a   Larocca, Marilena ^a   Polito, Teresa ^a   Perna, Anna Maria ^a   Padula, Maria Carmela ^a   Martelli, Giuseppe ^a   Riccio, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; MAJOR ROYAL JELLY PROTEIN 1; MAJOR ROYAL JELLY PROTEIN 2; MAJOR ROYAL JELLY PROTEIN 3; MAJOR ROYAL JELLY PROTEIN 4; MAJOR ROYAL JELLY PROTEIN 5; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIDIMENSIONAL ZYMOGRAPHY; CHESTNUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EUCALYPTUS; HEDYSARIUM CORONARIUM; HONEY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORANGE (FRUIT); PERENNIAL PLANT; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTROPHORESIS; ZYMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BEES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HONEY; HUMANS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; SERINE PROTEASES; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 84868705095     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049164     Document Type: Article

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