Purification and characterization of UDP-D-galactose 4-epimerase from the red alga Galdieria sulphuraria

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 753-758

  Prosselkov, Pavel V ^a   Gross, Wolfgang ^b   Igamberdiev, Abir U ^a   Schnarrenberger, Claus ^b  

^a VORONEZH STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galdieria sulphuraria; Properties; Purification; Rhodophyta; UDP D galactose 4 epimerase

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; GALDIERIA SULPHURARIA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0030433256     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1996.tb06681.x     Document Type: Article

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