Characterization of Aspergillus nidulans peroxisomes by immunoelectron microscopy

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 370-376

  Valenciano, Susana ^a   De Lucas, J Ramón ^a   Van Der Klei, Ida ^b   Veenhuis, Marten ^b   Laborda, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aspergillus nidulans; Glyoxylate cycle; Isocitrate lyase; Malate synthase; Microbodies; Peroxisome biogenesis; Peroxisomes; PTS1; PTS2

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A ACYLTRANSFERASE; GLYOXYLIC ACID; ISOCITRATE LYASE; MALATE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PEROXISOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CULTURE MEDIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MICROBODIES; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; RABBITS;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0031670840     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050655     Document Type: Article

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