Carotene Oxygenases: A New Family of Double Bond Cleavage Enzymes

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Wyss, Adrian ^a  

^a DSM NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Central cleavage; Retinal; Vitamin A; , carotene

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA IONONE; BETA,BETA CAROTENE 15,15' MONOOXYGENASE; BETA,BETA CAROTENE 9',10' DIOXYGENASE; CAROTENOID; MESSENGER RNA; OXYGENASE; RETINAL; RETINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHICKEN; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; EPITHELIUM CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0347986903     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/134.1.246s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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