Cloning of the ASN1 and ASN2 genes encoding asparagine synthetases in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Differential regulation by the CCAAT-box-binding factor

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 681-692

  Dang, Van Dinh ^a   Valens, Michèle ^a   Bolotin Fukuhara, Monique ^a   Daignan Fornier, Bertrand ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b Institut de Biochimie et Genetique Cellulaires   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029845067     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.d01-1715.x     Document Type: Article

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