Bacterial triterpenoids of the hopane series from the prochlorophyte Prochlorothrix hollandica and their intracellular localization

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 241, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 865-871

  Simonin, Pascale ^a   Jürgens, Uwe J ^b   Rohmer, Michel ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Hopanoid; Prochlorophyte; Prochlorothrix; Triterpenoid

Indexed keywords

HOPANOID; TRITERPENOID;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DRUG ISOLATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; THYLAKOID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; PROCHLOROPHYTES; PROCHLOROTHRIX; PROCHLOROTHRIX HOLLANDICA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0029973224     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.00865.x     Document Type: Article

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