DEGRADATION OF ADENINE BY PROTOTHECA ZOPFII (CHLOROPHYTA)1 |
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| Authors: | Mary Sarcina Peter J Casselton |
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| Institution: | Department of Biology, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, United Kingdom |
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| Abstract: | The purines 6-amino-2-hydroxypurine and 6-amino-8-hydroxypurine, not normally associated with purine degradation in algae, were isolated by high-pressure liquid chromatography from cell extracts of Prototheca zopfii Krüger grown with adenine as the sole nitrogen source . |
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| Keywords: | adenine Chlorophyta Prototheca zopfii purines |
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