Occurrence of free D-aspartate and aspartate racemase in the blood shell Scapharca broughtonii

Amino Acids

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 353-360

  Watanabe, T ^a   Shibata, K ^b   Kera, Y ^b   Yamada, R ^b  

^a ICHINOSEKI NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Aspartate racemase; Bivalve; D aspartate; L alanine; Scapharca broughtonii

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE RACEMASE; ASPARTIC ACID;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENANTIOMER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAPHARCA BROUGHTONII;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; SCAPHARCA BROUGHTONII;

EID: 0031827219     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01318854     Document Type: Article

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