Glycine betaine: Reserve form of choline in Penicillium fellutanum in low-sulfate medium

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1340-1342

  Park, Yong Il ^a,c   Buszko, Marian L ^a   Gander, John E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University ^*  (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; CHOLINE; METHIONINE; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBOXYLATION; MEMBRANE; MYCELIUM; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PENICILLIUM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRECURSOR; REDUCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

PENICILLIUM FELLUTANUM;

EID: 0033027524     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.3.1340-1342.1999     Document Type: Article

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