Studies on uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase from Chlorella kessleri (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta)

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 303-312

  Juárez, Angela B ^a   Aldonatti, Carmen ^a   Vigna, María S ^a   Ríos De Molina, Maríadel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chlorella kessleri; Chlorophyll; Chlorophyta; Porphyrins; Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLOROPHYLL; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MASS; PORPHYRINS; REACTION KINETICS;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; CHLORELLA KESSLERI; CHLOROPHYTA; DECARBOXYLATION;

ENZYME KINETICS;

CHLOROPHYLL; UROPORPHYRINOGEN DECARBOXYLASE;

ALGA; BIOASSAY; DECARBOXYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; PORPHYRIN;

ARTICLE; CHLORELLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECARBOXYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GEL FILTRATION; GREEN ALGA; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CHLORELLA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; UROPORPHYRINOGEN DECARBOXYLASE;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA (CHLORELLALES); CHLORELLA (PRASIOLALES); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED CHLOROPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE); CHLOROPHYTA; PARACHLORELLA KESSLERI; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE;

EID: 34249707320     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W06-117     Document Type: Article

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