glutamic/zea mays

Two Gram-stain-positive bacterial strains, designated as 5L6T and 6L6, isolated from seeds of hybrid maize (Zea mays L., Jingke 968) were investigated using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. The cells were aerobic, motile, endospore-forming and rod-shaped. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene

A novel yellow-pigmented, aerobic, rod-shaped, non-motile bacterium, designated strain CCMF41T, was isolated from rhizosphere soil of maize (Zea mays) collected in Wufeng District, Taichung, Taiwan. Strain CC-MF41T exhibited 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity of 97.5, 97.3, 97.2 and 97.1% to

Greenhouse grown seedlings of corn (Zea mays L.) and foxtail (Setaria faberii Herrm.) were used as source material in determining the intracellular localization of nitrate reductase, nitrite reductase, and glutamic acid dehydrogenase, Nonaqueous and aqueous isolation techniques were used to

In excised pro(1-1) mutant and corresponding normal type roots of Zea mays L. the uptake and interconversion of [(14)C]proline, [(14)C]glutamic acid, [(14)C]glutamine, and [(14)C]ornithine and their utilization for protein synthesis was measured with the intention of finding an explanation for the

The present study was undertaken in rats to examine the hepatotoxicity of ingested heated and oxygenated corn oil. Activities of serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase markedly increased in the rats given heated and oxygenated corn oil for two weeks as compared with that of the control group. In the

Corn (Zea mays L.) seed respiration rates during the first 30 hours of germination were compared with seedling growth 3 to 5 days after planting. Significant positive correlations were observed between rates of O(2) uptake during imbibition and later stages of germination and seedling growth.

We purified and characterized a lectin from the corn coleoptyle (Zea mays). The lectin (CCL) was purified by affinity chromatography on a Lactosyl-Sepharose 4B column. It is a glycoprotein of 88.7 kDa, composed mainly by glutamic, aspartic, glycine, and Ser residues; in a minor proportion, it

The importance of magnesium (Mg) for plant growth is well-documented. Silicon (Si)-mediated alleviation of mineral deficiencies has been also reported in a number of plant species; however, there is no report on the relevance of Si nutrition in plants grown in Mg-deficient condition. Therefore, in

The free amino acid content of the pollen grains and the style from three single cross hybrids (Wf9 x H55, Ky49 x Ky27, K64 x K55) and two inbred lines (Oh43, H55) was determined. No tyrosine was detected in the pollen grains of any genotype. Significant differences between pollen genotypes were

Proline was the most abundant amino acid with a mean value of 186.28 μ moles/mg dry pollen. The other amino acids tested were below 33 μ moles/mg dry pollen. The mutant wx significantly increased aspartic acid, valine, histidine and an unknown but significantly decreased α aminobutyric acid. The

Pollen grains containing either the Wx, wx, Su 1, su 1, Sh 2 or sh 2 alleles were stored at 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 days at 2 °C. After each storage period, a portion of pollen from each genotype was analyzed for free amino acid content. Over all genotypes, storage significantly altered the content of

To identify molecular evidence of the common origin of maize and teosinte, a lectin from teosinte coleoptile (TCL) was purified, through affinity chromatography on a lactosyl-Sepharose column, and some of the physicochemical parameters were compared with those from the maize coleoptile lectin (CCL).

Microorganisms associated with fermentation ofmasa wereLactobacillus plantarum, Pediococcus acidilactici, Lactobacillus fermentum andSaccharomyces cerevisiae. During the fermentation of maize grains, the temperature and moisture increased and the pH decreased. Most amino acids decreased in

ABSTRACT A hydrophobic 19.7-kDa amylase inhibitor (AI) was purified from corn kernels by 95% ethanol extraction and anionic exchange chromatography. The AI has an isoelectric point of 3.6 and was very stable at different pH values and high temperatures, maintaining 47.6% activity after heating to 94

OBJECTIVE A wide range of maize varieties is used in Benin but information on the nutritional characteristics of these varieties are not well known. This study aims to assess the nutritional composition of maize varieties in use in the southern region of Benin with the purpose of providing consumers