Organic acids: Old metabolites, new themes

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1601-1611

  Goldberg, Israel ^a   Rokem, J Stefan ^a   Pines, Ophry ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aspergillus sp.; Citric acid; Filamentous fungi; Fumaric acid; L malic acid; Rhizopus oryzae; Tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME KINETICS; FUNGI; METABOLITES;

ACID PRODUCTION; CYTOSOLIC ACTIVITIES; FUNGAL SYSTEMS; OXIDATIVE TRICARBOXYLIC ACID (TCA) CYCLE;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; CITRIC ACID; FUMARATE HYDRATASE; FUMARIC ACID; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE (NADP); MALIC ACID; PYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ENZYME KINETICS; FUNGI; METABOLITES;

ASPERGILLUS; BIOINFORMATICS; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; METABOLITE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RHIZOPUS; STRESS; SYNTHESIS; YEAST;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS SP.; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; RHIZOPUS; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE;

EID: 33749333439     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: 10974660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.1590     Document Type: Review

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