Alanine racemase activity in the microalga Thalassiosira sp.

Fisheries Science

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 924-930

  Yokoyama, Takehiko ^a   Tanaka, Yumiko ^a   Sato, Minoru ^b   Kan No, Nobuhiro ^a   Nakano, Toshiki ^b   Yamaguchi, Toshiyasu ^b   Nagahisa, Eizoh ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alanine racemase; D alanine; D amino acid; Diatom; Microalga; Thalassiosira

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA; NITZSCHIA ALBA; THALASSIOSIRA;

EID: 24944500436     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2005.01046.x     Document Type: Article

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