Molecular cloning of thi-4, a gene necessary for the biosynthesis of thiamine in Neurospora crassa

Current Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 62-67

  Akiyama, Masashi ^a   Nakashima, Hideaki ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Neurospora crassa; thi 4; Thiamine

Indexed keywords

THIAMINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; THIAMINE;

FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030018117     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050101     Document Type: Article

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