Polyamine metabolism in the thermotolerant mesophilic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 433-437

  Walters, Dale R ^a   Cowley, Tracey ^a   McPherson, Arlene ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Cadaverine derivative; Polyamine; Polyamine biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

CADAVERINE; ORNITHINE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; POLYAMINE; PUTRESCINE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMIDINE DERIVATIVE; SPERMINE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOMASS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; POLYAMINE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DECARBOXYLASE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CADAVERINE; CARBOXY-LYASES; ORNITHINE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; POLYAMINES; PUTRESCINE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE; TEMPERATURE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI;

EID: 0030871974     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00286-3     Document Type: Article

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