Glutathione metabolism of Acremonium chrysogenum in relation to cephalosporin C production: Is γ-glutamyltransferase in the center?

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-155

  Nagy, M A ^a,b   Emri, T ^a   Fekete, E ^a   Sandor E ^a   Springael, J Y ^b   Penninckx, M J ^b   Pocsi I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACREMONIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

CEPHALOSPORIN C; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; METHIONINE;

ACREMONIUM; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

ACREMONIUM; CEPHALOSPORINS; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GLUTATHIONE; METHIONINE; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 0037487011     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02930947     Document Type: Article

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