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Title: COFFEA ARABICA 11S STORAGE GLOBULIN MRNA

Author
item ACUNA, R - CENTICAFE, COLOMBIA
item BEILINSON, VADIM - PURDUE UNIV, BIOCHEMISTRY
item BASSUNER, RONALD - PURDUE UNIV, BIOCHEMISTRY
item CADENA-GOMEZ, G - CENTICAFE, COLOMBIA
item MONTES, V - NATIONAL UNIV OF COLOMBIA
item NIELSEN, NIELS

Submitted to: Genbank
Publication Type: Other
Publication Acceptance Date: 1/19/1997
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Coffee is a drink consumed by billions of individuals each day and is prepared by extracting coffee seeds. Despite the importance of coffee, little is known about the proteins that are found in the seed that potentially become extracted during preparation of the drink. In this report, the storage proteins that account for most of the protein in the coffee seeds were characterized. They have molecular properties that are the same as those in a family of the major seed storage proteins found in legumes known as 11S storage proteins. Also described in this report are the genes that encode the proteins and the site in the cell where the proteins are accumulated. The information may be useful to scientists interested in improving the quality of coffee.