Characterization of cholesterol oxidase from Streptomyces hygroscopicus and Brevibacterium sterolicum

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 250, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 369-376

  Gadda, Giovanni ^a   Wels, Gaby ^b   Pollegioni, Loredano ^a   Zucchelli, Silvia ^a   Ambrosius, Dorothea ^c   Pilone, Mirella S ^a   Ghisla, Sandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Catalytic property; Cholesterol oxidase; Flavoenzyme; Redox potential

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL OXIDASE; FLAVOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BREVIBACTERIUM; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOMYCES HYGROSCOPICUS;

EID: 0031465118     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.0369a.x     Document Type: Article

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