On the absence of the glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate/pyruvate pathway for isoprenoid biosynthesis in fungi and yeasts

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 201-208

  Disch, Andrea ^a   Rohmer, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; Fungus; Hopanoid; Sterol; Ubiquinone; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; ERGOSTEROL; GLUCOSE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE; ISOPRENOID; MEVALONIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID; TRITERPENE; UBIQUINONE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; FUNGUS; ISOTOPE LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST;

ACETATES; BETA CAROTENE; CARBON ISOTOPES; ERGOSTEROL; GLUCOSE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3-PHOSPHATE; HEMITERPENES; HYPOCREALES; MEVALONIC ACID; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PYRUVATES; RHODOTORULA; TRITERPENES; UBIQUINONE;

ASCHERSONIA ALEYRODIS; FUNGI; RHODOTORULA GLUTINIS;

EID: 0031731697     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00442-X     Document Type: Article

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