Co-ordination of the nitrate and nitrite assimilation, glutathione and free radical metabolisms, and the pentose phosphate pathway in Penicillium chrysogenum

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 109-115

  Emri, Tamás ^a   Sámi, László ^a   Szentirmai, Attila ^a   Pócsi, István ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE;

PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

EID: 0344654733     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4028(199905)39:2<109::AID-JOBM109>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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