Starter units of the biosynthesis of blepharismins: self-defense pigments of Blepharisma japonicum

Tetrahedron

Volumn 64, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 4103-4107

  Yoshioka, Koichi ^a   Tominaga, Sohei ^a   Uruma, Yoshiyuki ^b   Usuki, Yoshinosuke ^a   Iio, Hideo ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b YONAGO NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Blepharismin; Isovaleryl CoA; l Leucine d10; Starter unit

Indexed keywords

BLEPHARISMIN; BUTYRIC ACID; BUTYRYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; DEUTERIUM; ISOVALERYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; LEUCINE; PIGMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLEPHARISMA JAPONICUM; CILIATE; DEUTERON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FEEDING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

BLEPHARISMA JAPONICUM; CILIOPHORA;

EID: 40849099940     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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