The role of malic enzyme in the regulation of lipid accumulation in filamentous fungi

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1911-1917

  Wynn, James P ^a   Hamid, Aidil Bin Abdul ^a,b   Ratledge, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Lipids; Malic enzyme; Mortierella alpina; Mucor circinelloides

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CITRATE LYASE; AMMONIA; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE (NADP); LIPID; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE (DECARBOXYLATING); PHOSPHOGLUCONATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS CULTURE; LIPID STORAGE; MUCOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION;

MORTIERELLA ALPINA; MUCOR CIRCINELLOIDES;

EID: 0032870365     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-8-1911     Document Type: Article

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