Uptake and metabolism of allantoin and allantoate by cells of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (Chlorophyceae)

European Journal of Phycology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-64

  Piedras, Pedro ^a   Aguilar, Miguel ^a   Pineda, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allantoate; Allantoicase; Allantoin; Allantoinase; Chlamydomonas; Nitrogen metabolism; Uptake; Ureides

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII;

EID: 0031966946     PISSN: 09670262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967026298001528     Document Type: Article

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