Acetyl-CoA hydrolase activity and function in Ascaris suum muscle mitochondria

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 379-383

  De Mata, Zadila Suarez ^a   DeBruyn, Becky ^b   Saz, Howard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

acetyl CoA; Ascaris suum; coenzyme A; hydrolase; mitochondria; nematode; propionyl CoA; transferase

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A HYDROLASE;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MITOCHONDRION; MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030956952     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(96)00266-0     Document Type: Article

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