Pathway of glycine betaine biosynthesis in Aspergillus fumigatus

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 853-863

  Lambou, Karine ^a   Pennati, Andrea ^b   Valsecchi, Isabel ^a   Tada, Rui ^a   Sherman, Stephen ^b   Sato, Hajime ^c   Beau, Remi ^a   Gadda, Giovanni ^b   Latgé, Jean Paul ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Bruker Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; BETAINE; BETAINE ALDEHYDE; BETAINE ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; CHOLINE; CHOLINE OXIDASE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ENZYME ASSAY; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; MYCELIUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BETAINE; BETAINE-ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; CHOLINE; ENZYME ASSAYS; FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; KINETICS; MUTATION; MYCELIUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84878409433     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00348-12     Document Type: Article

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