Biologia plantarum 50:450-452, 2006 | DOI: 10.1007/s10535-006-0068-3

Variation in seed protein and isoenzyme patterns in Cucurbita cultivars

T. Stoilova1, N. Cholakova1,*, M. Markova1
1 Institute of Genetics "D. Kostoff", Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

The genetic variability in the seed proteins and the enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) in representative species of the genus Cucurbita was studied. The banding patterns were obtained by means of vertical block electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gel. A specific protein components and ADH isoenzymes were established in the polymorphic banding patterns which can be applied individually or in combination as potential biochemical markers for breeding purposes.

Keywords: alcohol dehydrogenase; electrophoretic spectra; polymorphism
Subjects: alcohol dehydrogenase; Cucurbita pepo; cultivar and genotype differences; esterase; proteins; seed

Received: September 14, 2004; Accepted: May 24, 2005; Published: September 1, 2006Show citation

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Stoilova, T., Cholakova, N., & Markova, M. (2006). Variation in seed protein and isoenzyme patterns in Cucurbita cultivars. Biologia plantarum, 50(3), 450-452. doi: 10.1007/s10535-006-0068-3.
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