Thiram and dimethyldithiocarbamic acid interconversion in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: A possible metabolic pathway under the control of the glutathione redox cycle

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2857-2862

  Elskens, Marc T ^a,b   Penninckx, Michel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; DIMETHYLDITHIOCARBAMIC ACID; DISULFIDE; FUNGICIDE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; THIRAM;

ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOTOXICITY; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030739856     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.7.2857-2862.1997     Document Type: Article

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