Characterization of oleate-nonutilizing mutants of Aspergillus nidulans isolated by the 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole positive selection method

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 504-512

  De Lucas, J Ramón ^a   Valenciano, Susana ^a   Domínguez, Ana I ^a   Turner, Geoffrey ^b   Laborda, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acu Mutants; Aspergillus nidulans; Oleate mutants; pas Mutants; Penicillin; per Mutants; Peroxisome biogenesis; Peroxisomes; Pim mutants

Indexed keywords

OLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG METABOLISM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MUTANT; PEROXISOME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AMITROLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CULTURE MEDIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MICROBODIES; MUTAGENESIS; OLEIC ACID; PHENOTYPE;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; PERA; PICHIA;

EID: 0030729549     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050528     Document Type: Article

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