Isolation of a Δ7-cholesterol desaturase from Tetrahymena thermophila

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 591-595

  Valcarce, G ^a   Florin Christensen, J ^b,c   Nudel, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DELTA 7 CHOLESTEROL DESATURASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHOLESTEROL; LATHOSTEROL DELTA 5 DEHYDROGENASE; LATHOSTEROL DELTA-5-DEHYDROGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DAIRY INDUSTRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; ANIMAL; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROSOME;

CILIOPHORA; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; CULTURE MEDIA; MICROSOMES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-CH GROUP DONORS; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0034181755     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530051661     Document Type: Article

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