Phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis and choline transport in the anaerobic protozoon Entodinium caudatum
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Phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis in the anaerobic protozoon Entodinium caudatum.
In an extension of the work of Broad & Dawson (1975) on phospholipid biosynthesis in the anaerobic protozoon Entodinium caudatum we have characterized a number of aspects of phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis which, in this organism, is exclusively through the phosphorylcholine, CDP-choline pathway. Initial studies have centred on the subcellular distribution of the enzymes involved in the overal...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biochemical Journal
سال: 1976
ISSN: 0264-6021
DOI: 10.1042/bj1600481