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The Localization and Function of Carnitine Acetyltransferase in the Flight Muscles of the Locust

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In order to determine the extent to which carnitine acetyltransferase is restricted to mitochondria, its occurrence in fractions of the flight muscles of Locusta migratoria, obtained by two different procedures, was checked by simultaneous assay of known mitochondrial enzymes.

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Abbreviations

CAT:

Carnitine acetyltransferase

CS:

citrate synthase

SDH:

succinate dehydrogenase

TRA:

triethanolamine

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  1. Zoological Institute, Catholic University, Nijmegen, Holland

    A. M. T. Beenakkers & P. T. Henderson

  2. Zoölogisch Laboratorium Faculteit der Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen, Katholieke Universiteit, Driehuizerweg 200, Nijmegen, Holland

    A. M. T. Beenakkers & P. T. Henderson

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    Claude Liébecq

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Beenakkers, A.M.T., Henderson, P.T. (1967). The Localization and Function of Carnitine Acetyltransferase in the Flight Muscles of the Locust. In: Liébecq, C. (eds) European Journal of Biochemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-25813-2_29

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