A Candida albicans gene encoding a DNA ligase

Yeast

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 893-898

  Andaluz, Encarnación ^a   Larriba, Germán ^a   Calderone, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ATP dependent DNA ligase; Candida albicans; CDC9; IME1; IME2

Indexed keywords

POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; DNA LIGASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN KINASES; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0030018791     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0061(199607)12:9<893::AID-YEA973>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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