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Esterase Isoenzyme Differences in Seed Extracts among Soybean Cultivars 1
Author(s) -
Payne R. C.,
Koszykowski T. J.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
crop science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.76
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1435-0653
pISSN - 0011-183X
DOI - 10.2135/cropsci1978.0011183x001800040007x
Subject(s) - esterase , cultivar , biology , isozyme , glycine , polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis , botany , horticulture , agronomy , enzyme , biochemistry , amino acid
Seed extracts of 44 soybean [ Glycine max (L.) Merr.] cultivars were analyzed by polyacrylamide disc electrophoresis for esterase activity. Five esterase isoenzymes were consistently detected in all of the cultivars. There were quantitative differences among cultivars in the activity of the two isoesterases having higher Rf values. These differences should serve as aids in identifying soybean cultivars.