Purification of carnitine acetyltransferase from skeletal muscle of the camel (Camelus dromedarius)

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 95-101

  Alhomida, A S ^a   Duhaiman, A S ^a   Al Jafari, A A ^a   Junaid, M A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Camel; Carnitine acetyltransferase; Skeletal muscle; oxidation

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; AMMONIUM SULFATE; CARNITINE; CARNITINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COENZYME A;

ARTICLE; CAMEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DESERT; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; GEL FILTRATION; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA; CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0029730267     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00229470     Document Type: Article

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