Functional analysis of mutations in the human carnitine/acylcarnitine translocase in Aspergillus nidulans

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 211-220

  Pérez, Patricia ^a   Martínez, Óscar ^a   Romero, Beatriz ^a   Olivas, Israel ^a   Pedregosa, Ana M ^a   Palmieri, Ferdinando ^b   Laborda, Fernando ^a   De Lucas, J Ramón ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetate; acuH; Aspergillus nidulans; Carnitine carrier; Carnitine acylcarnitine translocase; Fatty acid metabolism; Genetic disease; Human CACT; Model system; Oleate

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACYLCARNITINE TRANSLOCASE; CARNITINE TRANSLOCASE; FUNGAL ENZYME; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0043169567     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1087-1845(03)00049-5     Document Type: Article

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