Conversion of cysteate into taurine in liver of fish

Fisheries Science

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 216-218

  Goto, Takanobu ^a   Matsumoto, Takuya ^a   Murakami, Satomi ^a   Takagi, Shusaku ^b   Hasumi, Fumihiko ^a  

^a NUMAZU COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Ehime Prefectural Fisheries Experimental Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Cysteate; Cysteinesulfinate decarboxylase; Fish; Liver; Taurine

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037327747     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-2906.2003.00610.x     Document Type: Article

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