Steroid biotransformation by different strains of Micrococcus sp.

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-20

  Dogra, N ^a,c   Qazi, G N ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (India)

^c Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,4-ANDROSTADIENE-3,17-DIONE; ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; BOLDIONE; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROCOCCUS; PLASMID; RAT;

ANDROSTADIENES; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMALS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACIDS; MICROCOCCUS; PLASMIDS; RATS;

EID: 0035238020     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02825877     Document Type: Article

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