Multiple isoforms of malic enzyme in the oleaginous fungus, Mortierella alpina

Mycological Research

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 725-730

  Zhang, Ying ^a   Ratledge, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaerobic growth; Enzyme isoforms; Fatty acids; Lipid accumulation; Mucroales; Zygomycota

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE (OXALOACETATE DECARBOXYLATING) (NADP+); MALATE DEHYDROGENASE (OXALOACETATE-DECARBOXYLATING) (NADP+);

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GROWTH;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MORTIERELLA; MUCOR; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

BIOMASS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; MORTIERELLA; MUCOR; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL;

FUNGI; MORTIERELLA ALPINA; ZYGOMYCETES; ZYGOMYCOTA;

EID: 44649171575     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: 14698102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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