Relationships between demethylase activity, formaldehyde and oxygen during incubation of Rhodococcus erythropolis with veratrate

Acta Biologica Hungarica

Volumn 49, Issue 2-4, 1998, Pages 405-412

  Paździoch Czochra, Marzanna ^a   Malarczyk, Elzbieta ^a  

^a MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Demethylase; Demethylation; Formaldehyde; Rhodococcus erythropolis; Veratric acid

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FORMALDEHYDE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; O DEMETHYLASE; OXYGEN; VANILLIC ACID; VERATRIC ACID;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; RHODOCOCCUS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; FORMALDEHYDE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; OXIDOREDUCTASES, O-DEMETHYLATING; OXYGEN; RHODOCOCCUS; VANILLIC ACID;

EID: 0032323660     PISSN: 02365383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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