Sterol specificity of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae ERG6 gene product expressed in Escherichia coli

Lipids

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 373-377

  Venkatramesh, Mylavarapu ^a   Guo, De An ^a   Harman, James G ^a   Nes, W David ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERGOSTEROL; GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; METHYLATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STEROID ANALYSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029975946     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02522922     Document Type: Article

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