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How plant molecular biologists revealed a surprising relationship between two enzymes, which took an enzyme out of a membrane where it was not located, and put it into the soluble phase where it could be studied

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Abbreviations

ACC:

1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid

EFE:

ethylene-forming enzyme

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  1. Department of Agricultural Botany, Plant Science Laboratories, University of Reading, RG6 2AS, Reading, UK

    Philip John

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John, P. How plant molecular biologists revealed a surprising relationship between two enzymes, which took an enzyme out of a membrane where it was not located, and put it into the soluble phase where it could be studied. Plant Mol Biol Rep 9, 192–194 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02672067

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