Comparison of the efficacies of chloromethane, methionine, and S- adenosylmethionine as methyl precursors in the biosynthesis of veratryl alcohol and related compounds in Phanerochaete chrysosporium

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3366-3370

  Harper, David B ^a,b   McRoberts, W C ^b   Kennedy, J T ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE; METHYL CHLORIDE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; VERATRYL ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; FUNGUS CULTURE; HYDROXYLATION; METHYLATION; PHANEROCHAETE;

CHRYSOSPORIUM; FUNGI; PHANEROCHAETE; PHANEROCHAETE CHRYSOSPORIUM;

EID: 0029808315     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.9.3366-3370.1996     Document Type: Article

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