Phase I and phase II enzymes produced by Cunninghamella elegans for the metabolism of xenobiotics

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 138, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 221-226

  Zhang, Donglu ^a   Yang, Yifan ^a   Leakey, Julian E A ^a   Cerniglia, Carl E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cunninghamella elegans; Cytochrome P450; Enzyme; Metabolism; PAPS sulfotransferase

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; SULFOTRANSFERASE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNNINGHAMELLA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

CUNNINGHAMELLA ELEGANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0029945423     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00111-5     Document Type: Article

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