The expression of cytochrome P-450 and cytochrome P-450 reductase genes in the simultaneous transformation of corticosteroids and phenanthrene by Cunninghamella elegans

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-180

  Lisowska, Katarzyna ^a   Szemraj, Janusz ^a,b   Rózalska, Sylwia ^a   Długoński, Jerzy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cortexolone; CPR; Cunninghamella elegans; Cytochrome P 450; Phenanthrene

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTODOXONE; CYTOCHROME P450; PHENANTHRENE;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNNINGHAMELLA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROXYLATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CORTODOXONE; CUNNINGHAMELLA; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; NADPH-FERRIHEMOPROTEIN REDUCTASE; PHENANTHRENES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CUNNINGHAMELLA ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33746574470     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00339.x     Document Type: Article

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