Alternative respiratory system and formamide hydro-lyase activity as the key components of the cyanide-resistance mechanism in Fusarium oxysporum

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 929-936

  Pereira, Pablo Tavares ^a   De Carvalho, Margarida Monteiro ^a   Arrabaça, João Daniel ^b   Amaral Collaco M T ^a   Roseiro, J Carlos ^a  

^a INETI   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cyanide tolerance; Cyanide resistant respiration; Formamide hydro lyase; Fusarium oxysporum

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE; FORMAMIDE; HYDROLYASE; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT;

ARTICLE; BREATHING; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TOXICITY TESTING;

FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM;

EID: 14444280135     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m97-134     Document Type: Article

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