The activity of xylose reductase and xylitol dehydrogenase in yeasts

Mikrobiologiya

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 466-469

  Yablochkova, E N ^a   Bolotnikova, O I ^b   Mikhailova, N P ^a   Nemova, N N ^b   Ginak, A I ^a  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b PETROZAVODSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Xylitol dehydrogenase; Xylose reductase; Xylose assimilating yeasts

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA SHEHATAE; CANDIDA SILVANORUM; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; FUNGI; KLUYVEROMYCES; PACHYSOLEN; PICHIA; PICHIA STIPITIS; TORULOPSIS;

ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; XYLOSE; XYLULOSE REDUCTASE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; YEAST;

AEROBIOSIS; ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; D-XYLULOSE REDUCTASE; NAD; NADP; SUGAR ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASES; XYLOSE; YEASTS;

EID: 2142771282     PISSN: 00263656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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