Structural and phylogenetic analysis of the actin gene from the yeast Phaffia rhodozyma

Yeast

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 641-651

  Wery, Jan ^a   Dalderup, Mieke J M ^b   Ter Linde, José ^a   Boekhout, Teun ^c   Van Ooyen, Albert J J ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Gist Brocades NV   (Netherlands)

^c CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

actin gene; DNA sequencing; Phaffia rhodozyma; phylogenetic studies

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BASIDIOMYCETES; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RECOMBINANT; EXONS; GENES, FUNGAL; INTRONS; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; PHAFFIA; PHAFFIA RHODOZYMA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029897435     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0061(19960615)12:7<641::AID-YEA952>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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