Pea chloroplast carnitine acetyltransferase

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1438, 2000, Pages 1-6

  Masterson, C ^a   Wood, C ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcarnitine; Carnitine acetyltransferase; Chloroplasts; Pisum sativum

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCARNITINE; ACYL COENZYME A; CARNITINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PEA; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOENZYMATIC ASSAY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

FELIS CATUS; PISUM SATIVUM; SATIVUM;

EID: 0034614544     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.0958     Document Type: Article

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