Purine degradation in the edible mushroom Agaricus bisporus

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 672-676

  De Windt, F E ^a   Wagemaker, M J M ^a   Op Den Camp, H J M ^a   Van Der Drift, C ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGARICUS; AGARICUS BISPORUS; BASIDIOMYCOTA;

ALLANTOIC ACID; ALLANTOIN; ALLANTOINASE; ALLOXANIC ACID; AMIDASE; AMIDINE LYASE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; URATE OXIDASE; UREA; UREASE; UREIDOGLYCOLLATE LYASE; URIC ACID;

AGARICUS; ARTICLE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

AGARICUS; ALLANTOIN; AMIDINE-LYASES; AMIDOHYDROLASES; IMIDAZOLES; URATE OXIDASE; UREA; UREASE; URIC ACID;

EID: 0041870756     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02818670     Document Type: Article

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