Effect of nitrogen sources on the levels of aldose reductase and xylitol dehydrogenase activities in the xylose-fermenting yeast Candida tenuis

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 196-202

  Kern, Martin ^a   Nidetzky, Bernd ^a   Kulbe, Klaus D ^a   Haltrich, Dietmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aldose reductase; Candida tenuis; Factorial design; Medium optimization; Plackett Burman design; Xylitol dehydrogenase; Xylose reductase

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYMES; FERMENTATION; GROWTH KINETICS; NITROGEN;

ALDOSE REDUCTASE; CANDIDA TENUIS; NITROGEN SOURCES; XYLITOL DEHYDROGENASE;

YEAST;

ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; NITROGEN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; XYLITOL;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CANDIDA; DEUTEROMYCETES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; NONHUMAN; YEAST;

CANDIDA TENUIS;

EID: 0031969502     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-338X(97)86767-0     Document Type: Article

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