Fungal cleavage of thioether bond found in Yperite

FEBS Letters

Volumn 412, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 281-284

  Itoh, Noriyuki ^a   Yoshida, Michiko ^a   Miyamoto, Tadashi ^a   Ichinose, Hirofumi ^a   Wariishi, Hiroyuki ^a   Tanaka, Hiroo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basidiomycete; Benzyl sulfide; Bioremediation; Chemical warfare agent; Thiodiglycol; Yperite

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; MUSTARD GAS; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; BIODEGRADATION; FUNGUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; BENZYL COMPOUNDS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; CULTURE MEDIA; MUSTARD GAS; SULFIDES;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CORIOLUS VERSICOLOR; FUNGI; TYROMYCES; TYROMYCES PALUSTRIS;

EID: 0030762008     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(97)00812-0     Document Type: Article

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