Variable expression of glutathione S-transferase isoenzymes in the fungus, Mucor circinelloides

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-17

  Dowd, Caitriona A ^a   Sheehan, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Enzymatic detoxification; Glutathione S transferase; Glutathione transferase; Mucor circinelloides

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; ISOENZYME;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FUNGUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MUCOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; INSECTA; MUCOR CIRCINELLOIDES; MUCOR JAVANICUS;

EID: 0032922387     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00514-X     Document Type: Article

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