Underproduction of the largest subunit of RNA Polymerase II causes temperature sensitivity, slow growth, and inositol auxotrophy in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Genetics

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 737-747

  Archambault, Jacques ^b   Jansma, David B ^c   Friesen, James D ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DNA; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; RNA POLYMERASE II; THREONINE;

ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

3-ISOPROPYLMALATE DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; INOSITOL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA POLYMERASE II; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TEMPERATURE SENSE;

EID: 0030013554     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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