Malonate Decarboxylase in Bacteria and its Application for Determination of Intracellular Acyl-CoA Thioesters

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 179-189

  Chohnan, Shigeru ^a   Takamura, Yoshichika ^a  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

acetyl CoA; CoASH; malonate decarboxylase; malonyl CoA; Pseudomonas putida

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964487952     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.19.179     Document Type: Article

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