Cloning and sequencing of the LYS1 gene encoding homocitrate synthase in the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica

Yeast

Volumn 12, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 1459-1469

  Perez Campo, Flor M ^a   Nicaud, Jean Marc ^b   Gaillardin, Claude ^b   Dominguez, Angel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

isopropyl malate synthase; homocitrate synthase; mitochondria; Yarrowia lipolytica

Indexed keywords

HOMOCITRATE SYNTHASE; LYSINE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENES, FUNGAL; LYSINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OXO-ACID-LYASES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; YEASTS;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; EUGLENA; FUNGI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PROKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA;

EID: 0029830303     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0061(199611)12:14<1459::AID-YEA26>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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