Towards the characterization of squalene synthase activity in extracts of Zymomonas mobilis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 140, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 277-280

  Koukkou, Anna I ^a   Drainas, Constantin ^a   Rohmer, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Hopanoid; Squalene; Squalene synthase; Triterpenes; Zymomonas mobilis

Indexed keywords

FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SQUALENE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

EID: 0030200364     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00194-2     Document Type: Article

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