Ubiquinone biosynthesis in rat liver peroxisomes

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 291, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1128-1133

  Tekle, Michael ^a   Nordman, Tomas ^a   Olsson, Jerker M ^a   Bentinger, Magnus ^b   Appelkvist, Eeva Liisa ^c   Chojnacki, Tadeusz ^d  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Nonaprenyl 4 hydroxybenzoate; Peroxisomes; Rat; Trans prenyltransferase; Ubiquinone biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSFERASE; MANGANESE; MICROSOME ENZYME; NONAPRENYL 4 HYDROXYBENZOATE TRANSFERASE; TRANSFERASE; UBIQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PEROXISOME; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0036297833     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2002.6537     Document Type: Article

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