Characterization of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae RTA1 gene involved in 7-aminocholesterol resistance

Current Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-125

  Soustre, Isabelle ^a   Letourneux, Yves ^b   Karst, Francis ^a  

^a IBMIG Institut de Biologie Moleculaire et dIngenierie Genetique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Aminocholesterol; Ergosterol; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CHOLESTEROL DERIVATIVE; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DRUG RESISTANCE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHOLESTEROL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; STEROLS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029770437     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050110     Document Type: Article

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