Identification of a gene encoding a homocitrate synthase isoenzyme of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Yeast

Volumn 12, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 1315-1320

  Ramos, Fernando ^a   Verhasselt, Peter ^b   Feller, André ^a   Peeters, Pieter ^b   Wach, Achim ^c   Dubois, Evelyne ^a   Volckaert, Guido ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Homocitrate synthase; Lysine; nifV gene; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

HOMOCITRATE SYNTHASE; ISOENZYME; LYSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; ISOENZYMES; LYSINE; OPEN READING FRAMES; OXO-ACID-LYASES; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029853038     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0061(199610)12:13<1315::AID-YEA20>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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