Effect of glutamate on arachidonic acid production from Mortierella alpina

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 357-360

  Lan, W Z ^a   Qin, W M ^a   Yu, L J ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

ACID PRODUCTION; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; CONTROL CULTURES; DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; LINOLENIC ACIDS; MORTIERELLA; MORTIERELLA ALPINA; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE PATHWAY;

LINOLEIC ACID;

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DIHOMO GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL BIOMASS; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; MORTIERELLA ALPINA; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

FUNGI; MORTIERELLA; MORTIERELLA ALPINA;

EID: 0036402230     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.2002.01195.x     Document Type: Article

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